Premier Jacinta Allan has defended the hefty pay pockets of executives who were tasked with delivering the 2026 Commonwealth Games across regional Victoria.
Almost $11 million was spent on organising committee employee costs last financial year, only for the government to turn around and withdraw from hosting the event.
Ms Allan, who was the Commonwealth Games delivery minister, told reporters on Thursday executives needed to be paid such amounts because that was the industry standard. The annual report showed that all up there were 74.4 full-time equivalent staff employed by the organising committee at the end of June.
In their joint annual report message, Victoria 2026 chair Peggy O'Neal and CEO Jeroen Weimar boasted of the staff they assembled to deliver a"robust, credible and fully costed plan" to deliver the first multi-city games. "While the OC staff and Board directors all share a sense of disappointment, they are proud of the team assembled, the plan that was built, the local people they learned from and the hope they felt."
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