How much did his government pay for Disney’s ‘Pirates of the Caribbean?’ One man’s search for answers ends.
A man in Queensland, Australia, has lost his years-long bid to learn how much Walt Disney Co. received as an incentive to film a “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie there.
This month, a judge for the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled against Boyd, siding instead with Screen Queensland, the government-backed agency that issued the state’s grant. In its ruling, the court set aside an earlier decision by the Office of the Information Commissioner of Queensland that the incentive information should be made public.Boyd declined to comment on the tribunal’s decision. Representatives for Disney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In August 2016, Right to Information Commissioner Clare Smith issued a 39-page decision declaring that the incentive details should be made public. In the decision, she noted that the Australian federal government’s fiscal support of the film in the form of a $21.6-million grant had already been publicized. Screen Queensland appealed the commissioner’s decision.
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