After the event, no one wants to know!

So they make all these outrageous claims of "benefits".

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/state-government-hails-world-youth-day-a-success/2008/11/18/1226770451116.html

Now they are being asked to prove it, and they don't want to.

A reasonable person might ask "Why?"

A cynical response might be "Because they might be shown to have wasted the money."

No wonder NSW is doing so badly.

What next? They can't prove that spending millions of dollars on that V8 Supercar race in Homebush - we won't be surprised at that outcome.