The Perth Thread

[Stronzo]

The International Arts Festival has been running since 1953. Plenty of time to assess the potential tourism benefit I would have thought. The only overseas visitors it seems to attract are the ones getting paid to be in it.

They need not be from overseas. Country people, city people and people from interstate are welcome also.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Hey mate wanna go see the puppets with me this weekend? heard they're pretty good.

It'd be nice if you'd come and see me this weekend, since I'm all holed up at home and immobile

 

[Reginald Perrin]

They need not be from overseas. Country people, city people and people from overseas are welcome.

Country people and city people don't add new dollars to the state's economy. Overseas and interstate visitors do. Are they flocking to Perth during the festival? I don't see the evidence.

 

[james brayshaw]

It'd be nice if you'd come and see me this weekend, since I'm all holed up at home and immobile

True i forgot, i can come over now if you want?

 

[Tarkyn_24]

True i forgot, i can come over now if you want?

Might take this to Facebook

 

[Off The Couch]

So much whinging about an arts show, only in Perth.

So a differing opinion is whinging

 

[Tarkyn_24]

So a differing opinion is whinging

... Only in Perth

 

[Off The Couch]

http://m.watoday.com.au/wa-news/win...ical-costcutting-measure-20150212-13cwzo.html

Interesting

 

[Stronzo]

Country people and city people don't add new dollars to the state's economy. Overseas and interstate visitors do. Are they flocking to Perth during the festival? I don't see the evidence.

Its not all about money reg.

Just like spending money on an old library isn't about money.

 

[Teriyakicat]

$5M could rebuild the dilapidated library in my nearest regional centre and provide a venue where public artworks could be displayed and local artists could show their work. Of course, not many Perth people visit that regional centre.

Population 2, Reg??

 

[Illinois Nazi]

http://m.watoday.com.au/wa-news/win...ical-costcutting-measure-20150212-13cwzo.html

Interesting

Gregson is a first-class toolkit.

 

[Teriyakicat]

The good city folk have already had enough money ripped off them with that disgraceful Woyalties for Weegions thingy, wasting money out in the bush on stuff like schools, parks and renovating heritage theatres

hahaha! You're a cwack up, Kram!

 

[Reginald Perrin]

http://m.watoday.com.au/wa-news/win...ical-costcutting-measure-20150212-13cwzo.html

Interesting

Dafuq? The majority of house fires are in winter. Pole fires only happen when it rains. Who the hell is making these decisions?

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Country people and city people don't add new dollars to the state's economy. Overseas and interstate visitors do. Are they flocking to Perth during the festival? I don't see the evidence.

The Fringe Festival stuff is going on in Northbridge, and I don't mind it as it's nice to at least see something going on around the place. But as far as I can see it appears to mainly consist of Arts students performing for each other.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Dafuq? The majority of house fires are in winter. Pole fires only happen when it rains. Who the hell is making these decisions?

Gregson is a first-class toolkit.

 

[Reginald Perrin]

Its not all about money reg.

Just like spending money on an old library isn't about money.

Weren't we discussing the economic benefit and how it takes a long time to build that potential?

I actually wouldn't spend money on an old library, I'd knock it down and start again.

 

[Reginald Perrin]

Population 2, Reg??

Slightly more, but not huge. The total regional catchment is probably about 30K.

 

[Teriyakicat]

http://m.watoday.com.au/wa-news/win...ical-costcutting-measure-20150212-13cwzo.html

Interesting

Good point about double dipping with the ESL. In 2004, I paid $69 for Cat 3 ESL. That changed in 2006 when we were regraded as Cat 1 and the ESL became $186 p.a.- despite all the clearing around my suburb as the Jandakot airport cleared acre after acre, Cockburn Central became an industrial and commercial centre, Piara Waters, Harrisdale, etc. etc. all grew and suburbs sprang up everywhere to the south of me.
I now pay $330 p.a. Cat 1 rates. GRRR!!!

I would hope that, since I've contributed so much via the ESL, a firetruck would make it to my house post haste if I happened to need one!

 

[Stronzo]

Weren't we discussing the economic benefit and how it takes a long time to build that potential?

I actually wouldn't spend money on an old library, I'd knock it down and start again.

Yes we were, but that shouldn't be the motivation for doing things necessarily.

 

[Off The Couch]

Good point about double dipping with the ESL. In 2004, I paid $69 for Cat 3 ESL. That changed in 2006 when we were regraded as Cat 1 and the ESL became $186 p.a.- despite all the clearing around my suburb as the Jandakot airport cleared acre after acre, Cockburn Central became an industrial and commercial centre, Piara Waters, Harrisdale, etc. etc. all grew and suburbs sprang up everywhere to the south of me.
I now pay $330 p.a. Cat 1 rates. GRRR!!!

I would hope that, since I've contributed so much via the ESL, a firetruck would make it to my house post haste if I happened to need one!

I also love the "workforce renewal program"

 

[Teriyakicat]

I also love the "workforce renewal program"

That was probably an idea that some academic fool based in Tasmania, came up with.
Haven't seen it in WA- has it been brought in yet?
EDIT- wasn't able to get into that link for about 10 minutes but have since re-read the bottom of the article. I couldn't see it before because of the red mist rising in my eyeballs!

So it's time to ditch those with 10 years of experience and start again with new inexperienced people who will take the same amount of years to get up to speed with the new job?

Hopefully it will turn out to be a good way of getting rid of lazy deadwood but, IMO, a lot of the problems stem from having too many people in managerial positions and not enough plebs doing the actual work.

 

[Teriyakicat]

It'd be nice if you'd come and see me this weekend, since I'm all holed up at home and immobile

You can drive one of the cranes that are moving the puppets around! Sounds like an ideal job!

 

[Teriyakicat]

Our weather is totally whacked at the moment
It's now rained for all of 20 seconds but I presume more is on the way

5 drops (I think- one may have been half a droplet) on my windscreen. Yay! the drought is broken!!!

 

[Reginald Perrin]

That was probably an idea that some academic fool based in Tasmania, came up with.
Haven't seen it in WA- has it been brought in yet?
So it's time to ditch those with 10 years of experience and start again with new inexperienced people who will take the same amount of years to get up to speed with the new job?

Hopefully it will turn out to be a good way of getting rid of lazy deadwood but, IMO, a lot of the problems stem from having too many people in managerial positions and not enough plebs doing the actual work.

In my experience, with those types of schemes and voluntary redundancies etc, it's the workers they get rid of and the lazy dead wood is retained.

 

[Teriyakicat]

In my experience, with those types of schemes and voluntary redundancies etc, it's the workers they get rid of and the lazy dead wood is retained.

Pretty much what I've been seeing as well. Some companies do have a rush of reason and do a 'management cut' and weed out a lot of upper level workers. This, however, often becomes an exercise in how much power you wield in your own little office, not a reward for being a bloody hard worker.