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Feed them to the dolphins @DaptoFunlandGuy Dolphins eat 200kg of food a day. That's a lot of Koalas.

Oh, The Leaning Coaster of Leviathan. My bad.

@DaptoFunlandGuythe media was camped out at the budget estimates hearing waiting for any Government is bad moment. Do you think the media would run with DW's pre-emptive media release or what was released in the hearings?

So really it was about DW attracting new customers and never about the Koala Research. Side note: Dreamworld house (I don't know if they still do) misplaced Koalas on the GC with an a agreement with the Gold Coast Council. When the the land next door to DW got bulldozed for the shopping centre the Koalas were moved to DW. (the reason why Vintage Cars now has Koalas.

There was definitely other grants given to both companies under the Tourism Icons program. The loans given to the parks was given out after the grants ran out. We should also not forget the cheap and free tickets you could get under different schemes.

That's how I read it because the difference between what the parks got has mentioned a few times. If you're saying people don't have issue with it, I will go with that.

The penny just dropped; people believe the Koala's got nought because DW spent the money on ST. That probably couldn’t be further from the truth If DW didn't spend the money on ST the Koala still would have got zero and another department within the Government would have seized the money. It’s simple You have to spend your money to get the money again. DW giving the money back was unforeseen by the Government so the department who received the money back probably had no proposal in place on how to spend the $3m. What you don’t want is a department spending money just because they have money to spend. (This is why they share money around) People being upset DW got 3m more than Village aren’t upset the Government gave away 100m to the film industry that film their movies at the studios. It all washes out in the end. The Government support the whole theme park industry and that is a good thing.

I believe DW cancelled the project. I don't think you understand how funding within the Government works and are getting hung up on where you think the money came from. Different departments share money every day, this is how they guarantee they get at least the same budget next year. If you haven’t spent all of you allocated money, it’s hard to demonstrate you need that money the next year. (Creative bookkeeping because in the end all the money comes from one place) It’s not uncommon practise for the Main roads department to fund an addition to a school just to spend their allocated budget.

Make them do what?

Did they? Or did the QLD Gov divert the funds when DW said they were no longer building the Future Lab.

@RivalsThe QLD Government has helped with these projects already. "Australia’s premier theme park operator, Village Roadshow, has announced a $70 million investment in new attractions for the Gold Coast thanks to support from the Palaszczuk Government". “The Palaszczuk Government has proudly backed Village Roadshow through the global pandemic with our $25 million Tourism Icons program and $1 billion industry support package, that investment is paying dividends.”

@webslaveIt happens every week Governments moving money around as things change. Some people don't like DW here is why. I rest my case.

People will move on as soon as the media gets bored with it.

When you get one, can you tell me what it's like?

The thing is you don't know how it played out and you're always the first to put the dagger into DW.

How do you know when DW was asking for money the same as Village was doing at the time the QLD government didn't tell DW to use the $2.7m?

Looks like you got what you wanted to me.

@rappaI think you mean the government gives SW a lot of money to preform these rescues. "Austrade grants help Sea World sustain animal rescue"

Didn't you know @DaptoFunlandGuyPolar bears love the GC. It's their No. 1 holiday destination. /s

@RivalsDW has enough spin & spews. DW has next to none adult/family proper entertainment. (shows)

@Cactus_MattDW is at a crossroad because what they are doing isn't really working.

🎶Don't say one day.

You might be looking at it the wrong way. The family that was looking for a Disney holiday might have to settle for a Dreamworld holiday.

Main Event sale has been completed and Weiss has released a statement.

DW could be seen as breaking the Discrimination ACT if wheelies were forced down the back of a new train.