Taxpayers upgrade Paddock Club for F1 owners – who will take all the profit

Taxpayers upgrade Paddock Club for F1 owners – who will take all the profit

Victoria will provide new or substantially refurbished corporate hospitality facilities at the Albert Park track but forgo the revenue they generate.

  • byChip Le Grand

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Allan briefed on ‘compromised’ Games a day before glowing evidence

Allan briefed on ‘compromised’ Games a day before glowing evidence

New documents show that one day before she provided glowing evidence to parliament,Jacinta Allan was briefed that Commonwealth Games costs were blowing out.

  • byRachel Eddie
Here’s what we learnt from Victoria’s ‘Dump Day’

Here’s what we learnt from Victoria’s ‘Dump Day’

Every year the state government puts out hundreds of annual reports on one day in an effort to avoid scrutiny. More than 240 appeared on Wednesday.

  • byKieran Rooney,Madeleine Heffernan,Broede Carmody,Robyn Grace,Rachel Eddie andHenrietta Cook
‘Simply not believable’:Shing faces fiery questions in Games inquiry

‘Simply not believable’:Shing faces fiery questions in Games inquiry

Harriet Shing,who was the minister for Commonwealth Games legacy,rejected accusations she had misled parliament about what she knew and when.

  • byRachel Eddie
‘Most challenging time’:Games boss says para-athletes missing out

‘Most challenging time’:Games boss says para-athletes missing out

Para-athletes have lost a rare chance to be classified into events because the 2026 Commonwealth Games was cancelled,the local Games boss says.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Ghosted Games:Officials asked why top bureaucrat was visiting,but got no answer

Ghosted Games:Officials asked why top bureaucrat was visiting,but got no answer

UK-based Commonwealth Games officials had asked why the Department of Premier and Cabinet secretary was visiting before Victoria cancelled the regional event.

  • byRachel Eddie andAnnika Smethurst
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Who knew what when:The mystery of Jacinta Allan and the Commonwealth Games

Who knew what when:The mystery of Jacinta Allan and the Commonwealth Games

In this post-truth era,and with a growing cynicism towards politicians,it’s important to remember that when a Cabinet minister speaks we are still entitled to assume they aren’t avoiding the truth.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Jacinta Allan knew Games would cost an extra $2b four months before event axed

Jacinta Allan knew Games would cost an extra $2b four months before event axed

Then-deputy premier Jacinta Allan knew the Commonwealth Games budget had blown out massively months before she said the Games were making tremendous progress.

  • byRachel Eddie,Annika Smethurst andKieran Rooney
$500m and counting:Departments confirm Victoria’s growing Games cancellation bill

$500m and counting:Departments confirm Victoria’s growing Games cancellation bill

Government departments have tallied their spending on the now-abandoned Commonwealth Games for a parliamentary inquiry.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
The town tasked with killing the Australian dream

The town tasked with killing the Australian dream

People come here to own a home. But to survive,this country town must help shift Victorians’ big house and land obsession.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Bendigo’s booming CBD needs to change. And the only way is up

Bendigo’s booming CBD needs to change. And the only way is up

Aurlene left an Indian megalopolis to live in this regional city. Thousands of migrants are doing the same.

  • byBenjamin Preiss