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Originally Posted by MargaretR
I suspect that the cost when known will cause such outrage, that the organisers fear that the event will be sabotaged by protests.
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Do you really think so?
Perhaps you're right.
It does seem a little odd that all the other costs have (sort of) been made public, to allow people to decide the value of those community art project for themselves, and yet the cost to the public purse of the final phase is cloaked in mystery, only to be revealed after the Victorian Swimming Gala has taken place.
The longer the amount of funds to put on this art event remain a secret, the more people will speculate that perhaps the cost is so shocking, it wouldn't be wise to let people know the facts.
Though even if that is the case, and uproar is feared, it doesn't excuse the fact that the culture minister recently said that the costs of publicly funded art should be made transparent.
Odd then, on two accounts, as to why we aren't to be told.
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Originally Posted by garinda
public relations
–noun 1. the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
2. the art, technique, or profession of promoting such goodwill.
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