Division 6 councillor Mike Brunker did not think the council should financially support it because it would be subsidising a private enterprise. Clearly now this is a private venture, he said. We have given this venture two years of funding. We were in it twice while Clipper was here and I firmly believe that should be us out. It has flipped over the edge. If it becomes an iconic event power to them, but it should not be done under the auspice of council. But Mayor Andrew Willcox disagreed, saying he supported the sponsorship because one in three jobs in the Whitsundays was tied up in tourism.