The Victorian government maintains it was justified in scrapping the 2026 Commonwealth Games, which now look set to be hosted by Glasgow.
Then-Premier Daniel Andrews announced plans to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games in regional centres such as Ballarat.The Victoria n government has wished Scotland well after it stepped in to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games , following Victoria 's withdrawal from the event.
The games had been in doubt after the then-Andrews government announced in July last year that Victoria was scrapping the event due to cost blowouts. "That assessment has been conducted alongside Commonwealth Games Scotland, the Commonwealth Games Federation, Glasgow City Council, the UK Government and, most recently, Commonwealth Games Australia ," his statement read.
"That decision to withdraw on the basis of an exorbitant cost of $6 billion was supported by the auditor general who agreed that that was just too much to pay.
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