Show crowds up but income down

This year's Canberra Show attracted more people through the gates than last year despite the absence of horse events because of equine flu.
Organisers say the overall attendance of more than 100,000 people was down by about 20,000, mostly due to horse owners staying away.

But they recorded about a six per cent increase in paying customers.
Chief Executive of the Agricultural Society, Geoff Cannock, said the full cost of the show was unlikely to be recovered.
"We refunded 173-thousand dollars in horse entry fees," he said.
"We didn't receive 70-thousand dollars in stabling fees and we didn't receive around 50-thousand dollars in camping fees.
"It was always unlikely that we could recover our full cost and fortunately the ACT Government helped us out with extra publicity and extra entertainment because otherwise we would have had a big downturn in our gates, so we've eliminated the first hurdle."