There was no formal request for federal Games funding, despite the state’s own business case assuming Canberra would cover more than $200 million in capital expenses.
The Victorian government told Canberra it didn’t need additional funding to secure the Commonwealth Games and made no formal request for a federal government contribution towards costs before it walked away from the event.assuming the federal government would provide up to half the total capital expenditure required to stage the games across multiple regional centres.
“The context was, ‘We have got this covered, we don’t need anything from you’,” Colbeck said. “I have got to say, dealing with a state government, that was a very rare conversation.”This masthead put Colbeck’s version of events to Pakula, but he declined to comment on the conversation. Premier Daniel Andrews said no financial contribution from the Commonwealth would have made the games cost-effective.
“The Victorian Government had only proposed a preliminary program of works to support the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games,” the spokeswoman said on Tuesday. “This was still actively being considered by the Australian Government prior to the Games’ bid cancellation by the Victorian Government.” “This shows the Andrews government was never serious about delivering the Commonwealth Games and it was all about winning votes in regional Victoria at last year’s election,” he said.
No new funding for the Games was announced in the state budget. The only reference to the Commonwealth Games in the federal budget is a note under a section titled “statement of risks”.
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