Concept is out of hand

HOW many performing arts, centres of contemporary arts etc are required for Cairns?

The photo on Page 4 (CP, 15/01) shows “artists“. How many others are jumping on the free money bandwagon under the name of indigenous arts?

The recently refurbished, one-time government building, will house no less than six “arts” divisions which leaves me bewildered.

This whole arts concept is out of hand. Maybe the questions can be answered by the Federal Government and/ or the United Nations.

Good questions were also asked by

Fran Clayton, letters (CP, 15/01). What and who is the parkland for?

The parklands were bequeathed to Cairns by Miss Munro and Miss Martin, who would probably roll over in their graves if they knew what was going on now.

Last question: Why all the secrecy regarding who may use the facilities? Patrick Hopper, Mt Sheridan 1773: Captain James Cook’s Resolution becomes the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle.

1929: Popeye makes his first appearance

as a character in a comic strip.

1946: United Nations Security Council

holds its first meeting.

1998: US President Bill Clinton testifies in a sexual misconduct lawsuit brought by Paula Jones; Clinton is later accused of perjury in the case.

2011: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban announce the birth of their second child, Faith Margaret, through a surrogate mother in the US.

2017: The search is called off for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (above) nearly three years after the plane went missing with 239 people on board.

2019: Indian miner Adani investigated by the Queensland government for alleged illegal works on its Carmichael mine site.