Part of me is inclined to say might as well keep going with the games, but then I think sunk cost fallacy.
Does anyone even care about the commonwealth games?
Whether you like Dan or not I think this is the correct call. I believe Dan was counting on some federal funding to make this happen and that Albo probably pulled it in favour of a surplus.
So instead of spending the extra couple of billion, we would also need to spend the couple of billion we should have gotten federally and we got screwed instead.
On that though, I think Dan needs to appoint a successor and plan to retire.
Victorian Labor has a nasty habit of signing up for things they can’t afford, and then hoping the federal government foots the bill.
Also, this should really put into perspective how small the $5M settlement for COVID lockdown is in the scale of things.
Im sure they actually discussed it beforehand, no hoping here.
And it was affordable until inflation and crippled building industry kicks in.
No, they made assumptions about receiving funding from the federal government and local councils without receiving any commitments: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-banked-on-getting-200m-in-federal-funding-when-it-bid-for-games-20230820-p5dxyt.html
It was never going to be affordable given how much security would cost with it split across regional areas. It was always going to saddle the regional areas with the cost of maintaining sports facilities they’ll never fully utilise.
Whether you like Dan or not the original decision to sweep in like a hero and host the games was a reckless political play that’s cost us dearly.
