$30,000 well spent?
May 10th 2012, 1:48 am
#31
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Re: $30,000 well spent?
But in the grand scale of things, $30,000 is a drop in the ocean - it's probably one parliamentary dinner budget.
May 10th 2012, 1:49 am
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Re: $30,000 well spent?
I would have thought it would/should be a public donation thing.
May 10th 2012, 3:09 am
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May 10th 2012, 3:10 am
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Re: $30,000 well spent?
That's not the point though, its more a principle thing for me really. Why him, not loads of other figures? Why a singer, not someone who laid down their life, for instance?
May 10th 2012, 3:12 am
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Re: $30,000 well spent?
I think it's more worthwhile than the $15k that was spent on gifts from the Queen to Australian dignitaries last year - it's a small amount and it will be lovely for his family to see him honoured in that way before they too drop off the perch.
May 10th 2012, 3:17 am
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Re: $30,000 well spent?
He was a household name for more than 50 years, he toured small country towns and played small gigs for all his fans even when he was at the peak of his success, the average Australian related to him in many ways and loved him dearly.
May 10th 2012, 7:01 am
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Re: $30,000 well spent?
I cant say I know anyone who would own up to liking him, he was just an old bloke who couldn't sing.
May 11th 2012, 3:09 am
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Re: $30,000 well spent?
I like it but not at that price.
