I recently received an invitation to attend and speak at the World Cities Summit and water week conferences in Singapore with representatives of over 100 citie…
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bloody mayors flying to Singapore to tell us we need better infrastructure while our roads look like a lunar landscape. classic.
Wayne Brown saving $55k compared to Jonesy? that's a win in my book, even if it's just a conference. at least he's trying to learn something.
lol imagine spending ratepayer money on a trip to Singapore to talk about cities when you can barely fix the potholes in your own town. waste of time.
yeah but Wayne could've just Googled it and saved everyone the airfare.
as someone who works in infrastructure, these summits are actually useful. lots of networking and knowledge sharing. but yeah, the price tag stings.
mate you're joking right? conference junkets are a rort.
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interesting perspective, but how much of this 'learning' actually trickles down to the average person? feels like grandstanding tbh.
get stuffed. the only thing they learn is what buffets to hit.
nah actually, the connections made there can save way more in the long run. but sure, stay cynical.
55k less is still 55k too much ffs. could have spent that on fixing one street instead.
still better than most of the clowns we have who never look beyond their own driveway.
Wayne's not wrong about the 'city' definition. we call a town with 50k a city? lol. Singapore would call that a suburb.
next they'll be going to conferences on how to save money by going to more conferences. brilliant.
