It’s another major setback for the global sporting event after Victoria last year sensationally scrapped its hosting plan and put the Games’ entire future in doubt.
Global humiliation and the hundreds of millions of dollars wasted on the Commonwealth Games were preventable if the public service had given frank and full advice.
Bureaucrats gave the government the green light to host the Games despite significant and unresolved concerns and a business case that overstated the benefits,the auditor-general has found.
Hate to say I told you so,but the scaled-down Games plan for Queensland’s stadiums was the only decision that could be made.
South Sydney have one win to crow about since the middle of last year - that’s a long time footy fans.
Ombudsman Deborah Glass recommended premiers be banned from selecting senior bureaucrats under a bold plan to restore the independence of the public service.
“This,I think,has been the only time I’ve had a conversation like the one that I had,” Department of Jobs secretary Tim Ada said.
The Gold Coast has cancelled its $700 million bid to host the 2026/27 Commonwealth Games,after the Victorian government pulled out in July.
At 17 she ran for Australia at the Commonwealth Games. Bendere Oboya was prematurely dubbed “the next Cathy Freeman”. At 22 she was retired.
Daniel Andrews’ unapologetic “easy decision” to scrap the 2026 Commonwealth Games made the pain of the devastating decision even worse,AA said.
Department secretary Tim Ada said he didn’t inform minister Harriet Shing that lawyers had been called in because Victoria’s top public servant Jeremi Moule instructed him not to.