Commonwealth Games
Opinion
Brexit
Britain isn’t stuck in the past, it’s stuck in the present
Britain has become Limboland, a nation in which one of its most famous tea-towel epigrams is in danger of becoming a looping incantation: Keep calm and carry on.
- by Nick Bryant
Latest
Victoria blamed for Canadian decision to dump 2030 Commonwealth Games
Australian Sports Commission chief Kieren Perkins says Commonwealth Games can still be staged in a fiscally responsible way.
- by Chip Le Grand
Canadian province withdraws Commonwealth Games bid
In a further blow to the embattled Commonwealth Games Federation, the Canadian province of Alberta has withdrawn its bid for the 2030 games.
Letters
Letters
An ‘evolving commitment’ to poor decision-making
Readers question the Andrews government’s record on improving public transport.
Office politics: The Games, an unsigned government lease and a $70,000 fee
Bureaucrats’ apparent cold feet over an office lease have some wondering what was known when about the cost woes linked to the Commonwealth Games.
- by Simone Fox Koob and Angus Dalton
Letters
Letters
The bigger cost of broken rail promises
Readers respond to news that the Andrews government has cut back on promised rail upgrades in Melbourne’s west.
Commonwealth Games inquiry bid sparks argy-bargy over government scrutiny
The Greens are making a bid to reduce Labor’s control of parliamentary committees amid negotiations over a possible inquiry into the scrapping of the Games.
- by Rachel Eddie and Broede Carmody
Exclusive
Investigation
How Victoria’s three-city Commonwealth Games plan ran out of control
A previously unpublished bid document reveals an original plan to host the 2026 Games aimed to control costs by limiting events to the state’s three largest regional cities, but six cities were in play by the time the event was axed.
- by Chip Le Grand and Patrick Hatch
Opinion
For subscribers
Scoffing at the Commonwealth is easier when you live in a rich, white nation
Calling the Commonwealth an imperial anachronism is fashionable if you’re in a country that ultimately has nothing much to lose if it vanished. Smaller and more vulnerable nations might not be so pleased to see it disbanded.
- by Waleed Aly
Letters
Letters
The problem hiding behind a ‘good news’ solution
Readers discuss how to make housing affordable for first home buyers, and the merits of a cash grant.
Taxpayers to fund councils’ axed Commonwealth Games jobs
Victorians will pay six-figure salaries for specially appointed Commonwealth Games directors at local councils even though the Games have been cancelled.
- by Rachael Dexter