'It's a money grab': Canberra floats to end long mardi gras association

Camp-berra Queens Capital float organiser Richard Allen. Picture by Keegan Carroll

This year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras may potentially be the last year Canberra is represented with a float in the parade, as the two Canberra-based LGBTQI+ groups who normally march have both announced they won't again.

Organiser of Camp-berra Queens Capital float Richard Allen has been marching in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras for 42 years, but said this year was his last.