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Schedule 1, part 1.7, amendment 1.49 agreed to.
Schedule 1, part 1.7, amendment 1.50 agreed to.
Schedule 1, part 1.7, amendment 1.51 agreed to.
Schedule 1, part 1.7, amendment 1.52 agreed to.
Schedule 1, part 1.7, amendment 1.53 agreed to.
Schedule 1, part 1.7, amendments 1.54 and 1.55, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Schedule 1, part 1.7, amendment 1.56 agreed to.
Schedule 1, part 1.7, amendment 1.57 agreed to.
Schedule 1, part 1.7, amendment 1.58 agreed to.
Title agreed to.
Bill, as amended, agreed to.
Adjournment
Motion (by Mr Gentleman) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Arts—Cultural Facilities Corporation
MRS DUNNE (Ginninderra) (6.21): Recently I received a brochure from the Cultural Facilities Corporation about the contribution that the Canberra Theatre makes to Canberra’s life and economy. It told us that in 2017-18 the total economic impact for the Canberra Theatre was almost $30 million. This is a 50 per cent increase on the figure the year before. And there was nearly a 100 per cent increase in its contribution to the visitor economy.
The popular Music at Midday program, which features performances by the band of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, raised nearly $9,000 for charity. Some 15,000 students attended performances, and the theatre gave work experience to 26 students. Some 235 team members of the Canberra Theatre were paid a total of $6 million in wages, and patrons spent $5.5 million on hospitality services in Civic alone. Underlying this success story was a very solid audience satisfaction score of 95 per cent. The brochure quotes one patron saying, “Wow, we travelled from Wagga to see this show. Worth every kilometre in the car. Expect us to return.”
Madam Speaker, this single-page brochure speaks volumes about the role of the Canberra Theatre, the flagship of the Cultural Facilities Corporation. It is one of
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