Eddie McGuire’s JAM TV production company paid $1 million to stage and broadcast the star-studded event.
The state memorial for Olivia Newton-John was held this year and its exact cost was not obtained by, but a preliminary planning document from the Arts Centre in December suggested a proposed budget of up to $500,000., and state politicians Tom Reynolds and Ronald “Bunna” Walsh. The exact cost of these funerals is unclear aswas asked to narrow its initial freedom of information request.
It is not known whether Warne’s $1.6 million state funeral is the most expensive in Victorian or Australian history, but few others have matched it as a TV spectacle. More than 50,000 people filled the MCG forfeaturing panel discussions, emotional speeches from family and friends, and performances from musicians such as Elton John and Ed Sheeran.
Alongside the $1,013,191 paid to JAM TV for production and staging, $420,993 was paid to the Melbourne Cricket Club for MCG venue costs. Peter Jones Special Events – an event management company – received $89,934.Former governors and ministers are generally entitled to a state funeral under conventions that vary from state to state. Prime ministers and premiers have also increasingly offered the honour at their discretion to distinguished citizens.
Explorers Burke and Wills were the first to receive a state funeral in Australia after perishing on their infamous cross-continent expedition. Revered Australian military commander and engineer Sir John Monash drew an estimated crowd of 300,000 people when his state funeral was held in 1931.
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