Then-deputy premier Jacinta Allan knew the Commonwealth Games budget had blown out massively months before she said the Games were making tremendous progress.
Government departments have tallied their spending on the now-abandoned Commonwealth Games for a parliamentary inquiry.
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Jacinta Allan told a committee on June 13 that the event was making “tremendous progress”,but says she wasn’t surprised when she found out on June 14 that lawyers were being called for advice on how to abandon the event.
Premier Jacinta Allan has rejected accusations she misled parliament in June as the then minister for delivering the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Moves to scupper the event began at least three weeks before the Victorian government told the public,leaving taxpayers with a legal bill of $1.27 million.
Daniel Andrews’ successor,likely to be Jacinta Allan,will inherit a huge political margin and weak opposition – as well as severe budget pain.
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A Senate committee on Thursday accused the Victorian government of actively hindering its inquiry into the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Premier Daniel Andrews declined to give evidence,but the committee heard he wrote to witnesses to warn them against disclosing information viewed as confidential.