🍺 PUB TEST: Should The Government Fund Sculpture By The Sea?

Does the government funding Sculpture By The Sea pass the pub test?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda jam Nation down to the jonesy demand of
arms for the pub test funding Sculptures by the Sea.
Does it pass the pub test? It's not just for
disinterested influences in Lulu Lemon pants who run past and
ignore it.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
I no, I've ignored it for since Lemon Pans kept when.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
I'm in my Lulu Lemons. But I've never been to it.
But I love it. I think it should always stay.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
It's one of city's most spectacular events. Half a million
visitors over the few weeks that it's on, viewing one
hundred extraordinary sculptures dotted around what has to be the
most beautiful coastline in the world. My favorite one, Mammarama,
was the Melting ice Cream Incredible, absolutely incredible. This has
been held since nineteen ninety seven. It is a free

(00:44):
public exhibition and because of that it does rely funnily
enough on funding. They're now saying that this year's Sculptures
by the Sea could be canceled due to lack of funding.
It needs a further two hundred thousand dollars over the
next two weeks. It's a non for profit organization. It
relies on a combination of sponsorship and government funding, and
it was unable to secure enough government funding from the

(01:04):
federal government to support this exhibition. So it'd be horrendous
if Sculptures by the Sea fell by the wayside. I
think it's a really important thing to find if this
was a football organization, would we even be having this discussion.
We need to fund our arts and this is a public,
free event that's a beautiful thing for everyone to enjoy.
Funding Sculptures by the Sea does it pass the pub test.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
I think Sculpture by the Sea should be funded by
the government, just as long as the organizers go through
the correct process of applying for funding. I think it's
a wonderful exhibition which draws a lot of people down
and it will be a real tragedy if it doesn't
go ahead.

Speaker 4 (01:47):
There's nothing more iconic. They're walking around the foreshores of
Sydney looking at such beautiful sculptures. So we get our
false government, let's get behind it, and let's keep it
funded and let's keep it going.

Speaker 5 (01:58):
I believe it does brink enough people into the area.
And also if the government doesn't fund it, well we're
going to lose another attraction for our city.

Speaker 6 (02:07):
If it does pass the pub test. It's an iconic
event and it's important not only for the sculptors, for
Sydney siders and tourism as well.

Speaker 5 (02:16):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
Well, sculptured by the train Line shopping trolley with a
plastic bag.

Speaker 5 (02:20):
That.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Oh ah, that sounds good.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
I love what he's gone.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
Gone in the creek.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
I'm looking forward to ignore it again this year, but
i want it to stop.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
It's like vivid, you don't have to go. I'm proud
that Sydney has it.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Thank you for all your calls.