The article critically examines the government's major events fund, questioning the validity of claimed economic benefits from high-profile concerts like those by Robbie Williams and Linkin Park, and highlights concerns over opaque selection processes, inflated impact claims, and
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So we invest in a lot of things. It's not arguing against having Robbie, it's the cost of having a Robbie. Now Robbie at $3 million, and nobody has denied this, so and I I've been told soft confirmation it's true, right? Robbie at three million dollars has cost us the same as Taylor Swift has cost for six concert at Singapore. We've paid too much.
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excessive government spending on a single event
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