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Government withholds taxpayer funding and ticket sales data for Italian soccer festival due to commercial disadvantage concerns.

🟡 Medium · Question without notice17 June 2026 · 193 words

Gov't withholds Italian soccer festival funding/ticket data, citing commercial disadvantage and Audi

Government withholds event funding details.

A consistent practice of successive state governments has been not to disclose amounts committed to fund major events as revealing this information would place Western Australia at a commercial disadvantage to its national and international peers.

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Members who spoke

Rowe, SamanthaSpagnolo, Anthony
Topics
event fundingtransparencycommercial disadvantagetaxpayer investment

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