World news has a short term memory... People will move onto another topic of interest. Better a momentary "embarrassment" rather than put your state economy into further severe debt. Cost of living in Australia had sky rocketed. This was a financially responsible decision for the better of the local people. Better to inconvenience few rather than cause suffering to many
The cost of Australia has not sky rocketed as much as the UK , The Victorian Premier conned the voters in to voting for him m knowing he was going to halt them , Dan Andrews needs to be investigated , he needs to be IN JAIL . HE DUPED AUSTRALIA , HE IS A SNAKE .
As an Englishman, let's just host it ourselves again . We have the infrastructure, give it to hull or something.. countries who wanna play will come along
Just point to when England paid any other time, without Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish contributions. The London Olympics, for example, cost all four nations, but only one got to benefit from the tax payers subsidy.
Only athletes from England, Australia and Canada who can't win medals at the Olympics. Olympics too are unaffordable and Brisbane only got them in 2032 because no other country wanted them. Should be same venues in one country used for all Olympics and all countries and sponsors contribute to costs of maintaining the venues.
Well done Victoria. Common Wealth is irrelevant in this day and age and so are the games. Every other state or country should follow their footsteps and save in tax payers money .
Victoria is still paying off the debt from the last Commonwealth Games it hosted. These worldwide sporting events often benefit the private sector of local economies. But the taxpayers have to foot the bill for all the extra infrastructure (which is often not needed or wanted after the events) & staging costs, which are never recouped from sales from attendees to these events. So I think it justified. Let India host it, as they are the third biggest economy in the world
And how is any other country going to build the infra in 3 years? True in India it will be economically viable but time frame is way too small to build things.
We don't care what the world thinks. No one wanted the comm games and the reactions here have been mostly positive. I want to see new hospitals, new schools, better roads, new regional sporting facilities that will actually be used. Maybe the king can pay for it considering it's his games. Finally a correct decision from our government.
How is it a good decision? Anyone else making a gaff of that magnitude would be fired. But typical Andrews style he throws in announcing redistribution of the money and it’s all good. If they got their estimates that wrong then it’s sheer and gross incompetence that led to this. More than likely he and his corrupt mates with the spotlight on them cannot make a $ out of it. If it had not been for the corruption investigation the games would be going ahead at any cost.
You're missing the part where he signed on for them in the first place? Announced in Ballarat during last election's campaigning. Coffee? Yep. Then wake up....
@@ZipJoy Exactly. Not to mention signing on for the games was his big announcement during the last election campaign. Huge for all regional Vic, jobs, housing, tourism, infrastructure upgrades........ votes for what? The sound of crickets
Australia is a stupid and financially irresponsible country. Why did we take the 2026 commonwealth games and 2032 Olympics when no other countries wanted them. They all realised those events were unaffordable and largely irrelevant in a world overdosing on sports! No wonder we are all becoming poor and homeless.
@@Fordnan WTF have the Commonwealth Games got to do with the "British Empire" which expired in 1947. You're just mouthing gibberish you read elsewhere. If the Commonwealth Games were indeed irrelevant, then why do they continue to see representation from member nations. All of which are self governing entities.
@@Fordnanyou'd much rather be all jingo for the American empire, and it's colonial interests, right? Pride in Afghanistan, out right foolery in Ukraine. You're a mixed up kid, for sure
@@Mark-Haddow We have a class-ridden society and a hierarchy of nations. Just ask the Scots. The term 'commonwealth' is Orwellian doublespeak. It has everything to do with the origins and basis for the Empire, perhaps you could take your own advice and read more widely?
The rest of Australia is going broke too, just not as fast as Victoria. All the people who can't afford mortgages, rent, food, energy etc. are NOT laughing. If we're laughing at all it is at immigrants coming here.
@@multioptioned I'll think you'll find the housing crisis has a lot to do with the year on year massive increase in overseas students state governments seem drunk on. It's a huge money spinner at state level. Not the students fault at all
There are so many international sporting events being televised and on the internet that hosting an event with restricted participation just doesn't work. The income from the event would not be covered by the expenditure and the tourism increase would probably also be negligible. Open competitions, world cups, olympic games, grand prix, are all making money for investors and the media. Why waste energy and resources on a no gain project. The only possible reason could be PR and profile but I don't think Victoria actually needs that.
@@CastorRabbit I believe you and believe me that if any politician thought it was going to be a roaring success this wouldn't be happening. I don't know why the costs exploded or if they just couldn't raise enough sponsorship deals. The truth will out as they say.
@@fossils-z9d it's not even their opinion. Its just some received idea they are regurgitating after being indoctrinated. Which some people are fine paying for, apparently. But not fine with paying for high achievement and glory to the gods.
Brisbane "won" the right to host the 2032 Olympics because no other countries wanted them. Easy to win a one horse race. We should cancel them too as unaffordable. But Queensland government won't admit their mistake like Dan Andrews has.
@@danieleyre8913but the budget for the olympic has risen $2.2 billion, from 5 billion to 7.2 billion. 60% percent of the brisbane people says not excited of this event. And i just read the problem was also the same like the victoria had, the rise of the budget. So how does different state can assure that the event will go as plan ?. Commonwealth only 74 countries, while olympic 210
Common wealth countries should be disbanded as its colonial practise to still regard the head of UK as the head of the Common wealth countries and no need to conduct such game anymore
We voted for a Govt that is sensible and knows where to cut in difficult economic times. What is Commonwealth anyhow? Nothing but a long lost legacy. Why should tax payers fund games? Well done Mr. Andrews and thanks to your courage we do not have to pay more taxes to fund these excesses.
Australia should have followed the rest of the world and refused to host 2026 commonwealth games and 2032 Olympics. There's a reason no other country wanted them.
As a Victorian, Daniel Andrews is destroying our state. we are in huge debt which is over 150 billion dollars. People advised him to hold the games in Melbourne but he didn't listen. So embarrassing......
It was never going to cost $6-7 billion. A figure plucked from the air to justify pulling out. A month ago the gov't told the games committee it was $2.2 billion. Another cloaking technique to make people think he made the decision for the people of Vic. Was an announcement made in regional Vic during the election campaign. Obviously for regional votes. Teflon Dan slips by again
We live in an age where people don't even honour agreements anymore. Then again, if people did have any honour, they would not be using bots to spread propaganda on the internet.
Don’t understand why this has happened, the Birmingham games are said to have cost £800M not a small amount of money, but Victoria games are forecast to cost as much as £3 Billion, why so much, crazy amount of money, things have got well out of control somewhere down the line
I think that it's done especially after Queen Elizabeth. Another reason is that many sports federations now hold World Championships much more often than they did in previous decades. You also have certain countries like Jamaica and Kenya sending lower ranked athletes to compete in track and field
Why not have the 2026 Commonwealth Games as an international event. What I mean is have different sports held in different cities all over the world. Melbourne can have the athletics, Birmingham can have the swimming, Toronto can have cycling, Durban can have sailing, Delhi can have gymnastics, etc, etc.
Why not just have in London every 4 years thats where the British king lives and is the centre of the former empire but maybe its a history they want to forget.
So embarrassing if Australia doesn’t want to be in the commonwealth they are free to leave but please don’t play the Empire card just because yous messed up big time
Of course England would do a good job. Their infrastructure is in the hands of capable, learned & intelligent people, that might have some failings sometimes but know how to solve it. Go Britain!, for the sake of Australian sport people that after many sacrifices & effort, wanted the chance to experience to represent Australia & they have done it very well.
The Commonwealth Games are bigger than Dan Andrews and Australia Although I will admit I was surprised that Chris Minns was so quick to dismiss being a replacement State to hold the Games It would have been a great move for Minns to cement his reputation as being a doer, and NSW has tons of existing Sports infrastructure to pull off a great Games event with little outlay
@@josephyeo6966 Rubbish After 70 years of its existence, the Commonwealth is a remarkable organisation which still remains a major force for change in the world today. The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent countries, almost all of which were formerly part of the British Empire As of 2023, there are 15 Commonwealth realms: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom. All are members of the Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organisation of 56 independent member states, 52 of which were formerly part of the British Empire. Charles III is also Head of the Commonwealth, a non-constitutional role with a combined area (excluding the Antarctic claims) of 18.7 million km2 (7.2 million sq mi) and a population of more than 150 million.
Durban went through the same situation, the comm Games just don't provide the same ROI as the Olympics and 7 billion is just too steep. It's embarrassing yes but that money can go into something else.
and now Alberta has pulled out of hosting the 2030 games - it is just too bloody expensive. the money should be spent on people, not huge events for athletes to get another medal of countries to feel good about themselves. time it was scrapped altogether.
Its not worth the money ,now Scotland has landed with the costs . Scrap it now .pensioners in a resource rich nation dying because they can't afford to pay the energy bills . Ffs
Governor of Victoria chose to host the Games but hey who knows the Governor will be devastated about the Government cancelled the Games by hefty debts is unconstitutional; just wait till the new Governor must have the constitutional agenda to investigate before to bring the Premier to justice.
The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018 had a budget of AUS$1.2b and their organising committee returned AUS$100m to taxpayers as it came in under budget. The Victoria Games were costed at around $2.5b and their revised June 2023 estimate was still well below $3b. This is more of a political choice, given the enormous debt pile Victoria has, its credit rating is junk and it was an opportunity for virtue signalling by cancelling a relatively inexpensive commitment versus the State premier’s other multibillion projects it cannot afford. The only state with the finances to take this on was WA, and they refused. Birmingham should get it.
Can someone wake up the intelligent Philippines lawmaker Salceda? Doesn't he want to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games? This is bigger than the Taylor Swift concert in Singapore.
67 billion. Like Olympics, all officials, politicians, get paid off. Lots of corruption especially in building contracts. I am personally aware of this for the Atlanta olympics. So if cost rose to that amount, did it come from other commonwealth countries and new criteria, or is it coming from graft and corruption inside Australia in general and Victoria specifically?
Victoria is the most corrupt state in Australia but this is more to do with the state mired in debt. That blow out figure is highly exaggerated but they made up an excuse to pull out because they can't afford the spend even if it's on budget.
It all comes from domestic budget. 2010 games in Delhi cost $1.5 billion. That is like $4 billion in today's money. Most of it squandered on bloated contracts earned through bribery. I hope no govt in India is stupid enough to host any such event in future.
😂This Is The End Of Imperialism... Without The Commonwealth Games The People Will Finally See Through This Fassad, Especially Former African Colonies...
@@curiositycloset2359 You’re obviously a numbskull. You don’t have to blow +6 billion dollars to just “compete”. If they find another city to host; they’ll still be competing. Won’t they? Aw yeah. Do you have any conception of just how much money 6 billion dollars is?
When asked who wants to host the party? proudly you raised hand, after a few days later you told that there was no profit from the party and that you had no money, that made your friends very disappointed because you gave them false hope
@@aureliotrevisiol756 Guess,you haven’t travelled to Melbourne? 😊 Melbourne is the closest Australian mainland to Tasmania,on the Bass Strait,inching towards Southern Ocean……yipeeeee, I like Melbourne ,despite staying for a few months in Brisbane opposite to the Brisbane river.
@@aureliotrevisiol756 Now you haven’t travelled to Brisbane as well, haven’t seen the Brisbane river and seen the Story Bridge on the Brisbane river.And neither have you seen the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Opera House, neither have you taken a cruise in Sydney harbour, nor have you seen Matrix ,keanu Reeves movie in Sydney iMAX! Sorry ,but jealousy has no cure!
Well done Victoria for not wasting tax player's hard earned money on a massive ego tripping exercise... better they spend that money on building affordable housing for the working poor and more hospitals!!.❤️🇬🇧
Do you want to fund it? How about health, housing, effective education, roads, putting Australians first. Money pit of misery and great its been stopped. Next stop the brisbane olympics.
@@dnm4197 Having a fragmented and unsynchronized youth culture tends to cost more in the long run. Commonwealth games are a good opportunity for the youth to participate at all levels and with many activities. This may inspire them to work in the sectors you named especially as the games are state sponsored and allow for cultural cross-pollination.
@@InfinityandEternity There is no ability for you to quantify your reasoning. God help us for cross pollination and state sponsored is just enabling youth to be lead down their entitled life. Those days are coming to the end as they realise their achievements give them pride, self respect and true confidence. Maybe they can volunteer to train youth coming along after them, get a real job, and love their sport without the state funds. State funds are desperately needed for housing, health, quality and meaningful education, infrastructure investment.
have the games in victoria as planned - dump dan andrews instead. he wrecked victoria's economy with tyrannical covid lockdowns - but it can bounce back if he can't drag it down again.
Nice insight I had no idea, so takes the opportunity to act all Billy Big Balls whilst dodging the fact he's the reason why they can't afford it. Politicians don't change no matter what the country, corrupt underhand lying cheating pigs that are a disgrace to their electorate
As an Australian visiting the UK last year while the Games were on, I know how dynamic and exciting the Games were and appreciate what a success it was - this just from just watching the event on media. Unfortunately Victoria/Melbourne has a history of Labor Government economic mismanagement. We are going through that predictable cycle at present.
Not really, it's just facts! Australia is an isolated country of only 26 million people and not a wealthy nation. Costs of everything are increasing and becoming unaffordable. We should not be hosting the unaffordable commonwealth games and Olympics just because no one else wanted them. Let alone spending $380 billion on nuclear powered submarines.
This will likely spark questions about Australia and its states and cities ability and commitment to host sporting events, not just the Women's World Cup but looking forward to Brisbane which agreed with the IOC to host the 2032 Summer Olympics
Australia only got the 2026 commonwealth games and 2032 Olympics because no other countries wanted to host them. Australia was just stupid enough to agree to take them but we can't afford them either! An isolated island with only 26 million people should know its place in the world and stop pretending to be a world superpower. Foreigners don't realise how poor Australians are. Government lies to attract skilled immigrant workers to come here.
You expect a country of only 26 million people to be able to afford women's football world cup, 2026 commonwealth games and 2032 Olympics? AND buy $380 billion nuclear-powered submarines? What similar sized country is doing that? Australia only got games events when no other country wanted to host them. We should never have agreed.
Its not like Australia, which has over 30 Billionaires, the top two having a estimated cumulative fortune of over $60 Billion, who could pay for these games on their own and still have over half of their fortunes.......
The whole world is watching australia because of the womens world cup good public relations 😂 il be watching i love football who ever plays but the world wont be watching sorry
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World news has a short term memory... People will move onto another topic of interest. Better a momentary "embarrassment" rather than put your state economy into further severe debt. Cost of living in Australia had sky rocketed. This was a financially responsible decision for the better of the local people.
Better to inconvenience few rather than cause suffering to many
Totally agree.
Poor broke Australia who can't even afford a bunch of games. We'll have to start sending foreign aid like we do with 3rd world peoples in Africa
Clearly you live in the city. Cheers for that
The cost of Australia has not sky rocketed as much as the UK , The Victorian Premier conned the voters in to voting for him m knowing he was going to halt them , Dan Andrews needs to be investigated , he needs to be IN JAIL . HE DUPED AUSTRALIA , HE IS A SNAKE .
As an Englishman, let's just host it ourselves again . We have the infrastructure, give it to hull or something.. countries who wanna play will come along
Great! let the English spend some of that monarch money…
LOL the UK economy is in big trouble…
We do have plenty infrastructure, why not. We have bigger sporting events every weekend during the football season.
Just point to when England paid any other time, without Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish contributions. The London Olympics, for example, cost all four nations, but only one got to benefit from the tax payers subsidy.
The post Brexit England has entered in a spiralling downward trend with hope for escape!
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Someone finally has the balls to say yeah na ❤❤❤
The Commonwealth Games may have simply come to the end of their time.
Who really cares about these games anyway apart from the UK? These games have become irrelevant!
Only athletes from England, Australia and Canada who can't win medals at the Olympics. Olympics too are unaffordable and Brisbane only got them in 2032 because no other country wanted them. Should be same venues in one country used for all Olympics and all countries and sponsors contribute to costs of maintaining the venues.
Well done Victoria. Common Wealth is irrelevant in this day and age and so are the games. Every other state or country should follow their footsteps and save in tax payers money .
Exactly!!.❤️🇬🇧
Not to mention the athletes they’ve been let down the most . It embarrassing to the whole country in my opinion.
scrap it altogether - it is an anachronism in this day and age
Commonwealth is good and Im Australian there is no harm having common wealth as a friendly union
Victoria is still paying off the debt from the last Commonwealth Games it hosted. These worldwide sporting events often benefit the private sector of local economies. But the taxpayers have to foot the bill for all the extra infrastructure (which is often not needed or wanted after the events) & staging costs, which are never recouped from sales from attendees to these events. So I think it justified. Let India host it, as they are the third biggest economy in the world
Paying the price of the world's longest lockdown and no the jab did not stop it or do what we were told it would.
More politicians should say "Why should taxpayers fund games". Next we will be funding Tennis, Football, etc.
@@josephyeo6966 Here's an idea. don't do it in the first place and save the state from damaged investor confidence. He's messed up big time with this
And how is any other country going to build the infra in 3 years? True in India it will be economically viable but time frame is way too small to build things.
Patterstaif. Once again, if we are still paying for the previous games why to bid for the 2026? No excuse. Do you work with Andrews?
We don't care what the world thinks. No one wanted the comm games and the reactions here have been mostly positive. I want to see new hospitals, new schools, better roads, new regional sporting facilities that will actually be used. Maybe the king can pay for it considering it's his games. Finally a correct decision from our government.
How is it a good decision? Anyone else making a gaff of that magnitude would be fired. But typical Andrews style he throws in announcing redistribution of the money and it’s all good. If they got their estimates that wrong then it’s sheer and gross incompetence that led to this.
More than likely he and his corrupt mates with the spotlight on them cannot make a $ out of it. If it had not been for the corruption investigation the games would be going ahead at any cost.
You're missing the part where he signed on for them in the first place? Announced in Ballarat during last election's campaigning. Coffee? Yep. Then wake up....
@@ZipJoy Exactly. Not to mention signing on for the games was his big announcement during the last election campaign. Huge for all regional Vic, jobs, housing, tourism, infrastructure upgrades........ votes for what? The sound of crickets
Australia is a stupid and financially irresponsible country. Why did we take the 2026 commonwealth games and 2032 Olympics when no other countries wanted them. They all realised those events were unaffordable and largely irrelevant in a world overdosing on sports! No wonder we are all becoming poor and homeless.
Good for them.
as a brit it's time it was scrapped altogether
6 billion to find out who's the best at bagmington or whatever it's called.
Exactly...time these ego tripping wank fests we're handed their hat's!!.❤️🇦🇺
The Commonwealth Games have passed their use-by date.
Says who. I guarantee you can't explain how.
@@Mark-HaddowIt's well past time we put the British Empire in a sack and drowned it.
@@Fordnan
WTF have the Commonwealth Games got to do with the "British Empire" which expired in 1947.
You're just mouthing gibberish you read elsewhere. If the Commonwealth Games were indeed irrelevant, then why do they continue to see representation from member nations. All of which are self governing entities.
@@Fordnanyou'd much rather be all jingo for the American empire, and it's colonial interests, right?
Pride in Afghanistan, out right foolery in Ukraine.
You're a mixed up kid, for sure
@@Mark-Haddow We have a class-ridden society and a hierarchy of nations. Just ask the Scots. The term 'commonwealth' is Orwellian doublespeak. It has everything to do with the origins and basis for the Empire, perhaps you could take your own advice and read more widely?
The rest of Australia is laughing their heads off at Victoria, what an embrassement, but par for the course of late.
I live here and are laughing with you cuz
The rest of Australia is going broke too, just not as fast as Victoria. All the people who can't afford mortgages, rent, food, energy etc. are NOT laughing. If we're laughing at all it is at immigrants coming here.
As a non-Australian I fail to see any cause for embarrassment. Cancelling the games is the right thing to do.
@@danieleyre8913 and signing on for them during an election campaign to win regional votes was not.
@@multioptioned I'll think you'll find the housing crisis has a lot to do with the year on year massive increase in overseas students state governments seem drunk on. It's a huge money spinner at state level. Not the students fault at all
There are so many international sporting events being televised and on the internet that hosting an event with restricted participation just doesn't work. The income from the event would not be covered by the expenditure and the tourism increase would probably also be negligible. Open competitions, world cups, olympic games, grand prix, are all making money for investors and the media. Why waste energy and resources on a no gain project. The only possible reason could be PR and profile but I don't think Victoria actually needs that.
It was a good move for Melbs
@@CastorRabbit I believe you and believe me that if any politician thought it was going to be a roaring success this wouldn't be happening. I don't know why the costs exploded or if they just couldn't raise enough sponsorship deals. The truth will out as they say.
Well spoken. Why should taxpayers fund games. Let them fund their own games like Tennis and Football.
Theres no point in the commonwealth games anymore!!!
Pretty sure the point of the games is to win.
@@curiositycloset2359 Thing is, no one cares who wins
thats your opinion
@@CastorRabbit the winners do.
@@fossils-z9d it's not even their opinion. Its just some received idea they are regurgitating after being indoctrinated.
Which some people are fine paying for, apparently. But not fine with paying for high achievement and glory to the gods.
Man if this was hard for them, how about olympic in 2032 ??.
Different state.
TV rights worth more for Olympics, but yeah, it's a money sinkhole.........
Brisbane "won" the right to host the 2032 Olympics because no other countries wanted them. Easy to win a one horse race. We should cancel them too as unaffordable. But Queensland government won't admit their mistake like Dan Andrews has.
Queensland isn't broke like Victoria luckily
@@danieleyre8913but the budget for the olympic has risen $2.2 billion, from 5 billion to 7.2 billion. 60% percent of the brisbane people says not excited of this event. And i just read the problem was also the same like the victoria had, the rise of the budget. So how does different state can assure that the event will go as plan ?. Commonwealth only 74 countries, while olympic 210
give it to Hamilton/Toronto - they've got the venues and the money.
@lv__426 It was going to be hosted in provincial centres like Geelong and Ballarat, not in Melbourne.
No!
Common wealth countries should be disbanded as its colonial practise to still regard the head of UK as the head of the Common wealth countries and no need to conduct such game anymore
there was a time when Zimbabwe was suspended from the commonwealth of which I asked- is that supposed to be a threat? a bad thing?
there's no common in wealth, that's why.
....well, Victoria is basically broke and mostly run by the Labor Party.
We voted for a Govt that is sensible and knows where to cut in difficult economic times.
What is Commonwealth anyhow? Nothing but a long lost legacy. Why should tax payers fund games? Well done Mr. Andrews and thanks to your courage we do not have to pay more taxes to fund these excesses.
lol, so courageous to cut something he proposed in the first place and then didn't deliver, that's hilarious.
Australia should have followed the rest of the world and refused to host 2026 commonwealth games and 2032 Olympics. There's a reason no other country wanted them.
I’d like to know if he actually does relocate this supposedly money that he’s saving the taxpayers.
UK can pay for it. 😂
8 billion for 12 days.....too much for playing games. Smart man cancel it!
As a Victorian, Daniel Andrews is destroying our state. we are in huge debt which is over 150 billion dollars. People advised him to hold the games in Melbourne but he didn't listen. So embarrassing......
Well your in a minority, since his government just got reelected!!.🤣🤣
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Finally, a government that is financially responsible!
Your state is broke
Common-wealth games? more like Private-wealth games!
The BBC will have to find something else equally boring like darts, or snooker or women’s ‘football’ to fill the tv schedules now!
Those things are all actually entertaining. I dread to think what you find entertaining.
I like your thinking woody!!.🤣
All these events commonwealth, olympics, football world cup, cricket, tennis etc, are all morally bankrupt, rackets
Most if not all sport are profit making enterprises and if they don't make a profit they go to the government for a handout!!.🤔
I am waiting for the Queensland Premier and her Deputy to back down from hosting the Olympics. Standby!!!
Hope they do!
So we should! There's a reason no other country wanted to host them. Unaffordable.
How can it Cost 6 billion? I hope this leads to sports scaling back an being normal again. All you need is a running track. Not all the extra stuff
It was never going to cost $6-7 billion. A figure plucked from the air to justify pulling out. A month ago the gov't told the games committee it was $2.2 billion. Another cloaking technique to make people think he made the decision for the people of Vic. Was an announcement made in regional Vic during the election campaign. Obviously for regional votes. Teflon Dan slips by again
Lots of costs, plus australia pays for all the pacific island athletes to participate as well
No more commonwealth .... old colonial stuff too expensive ...
Good for them👏, make the bloody royals shell out for it🤞🤞🤞
Why the royals didn’t bid to host the games just because your local government is useless don’t pass the buck .
Scrap it. Nobody except the athletes and their families care about these games.
We live in an age where people don't even honour agreements anymore. Then again, if people did have any honour, they would not be using bots to spread propaganda on the internet.
It cost Glasgow & Birmingham 1.5 billion to host the games with both local economies generating in double that .
and i doubt any ordinary Glaswegian or Brummie saw any benefit at all.
Don’t understand why this has happened, the Birmingham games are said to have cost £800M not a small amount of money, but Victoria games are forecast to cost as much as £3 Billion, why so much, crazy amount of money, things have got well out of control somewhere down the line
Birmingham only had to build one new venue, the rest were temporary or pre-existing. Victoria was planning on building multiple new venues
@@aaronthebest5519 and holding the games in multiple small regional areas of Victoria not in Melbourne.
I think that it's done especially after Queen Elizabeth.
Another reason is that many sports federations now hold World Championships much more often than they did in previous decades.
You also have certain countries like Jamaica and Kenya sending lower ranked athletes to compete in track and field
Forget Melbourne - the town of Chillingbourne is so much better.
Why not have the 2026 Commonwealth Games as an international event. What I mean is have different sports held in different cities all over the world. Melbourne can have the athletics, Birmingham can have the swimming, Toronto can have cycling, Durban can have sailing, Delhi can have gymnastics, etc, etc.
Why not just have in London every 4 years thats where the British king lives and is the centre of the former empire but maybe its a history they want to forget.
So embarrassing if Australia doesn’t want to be in the commonwealth they are free to leave but please don’t play the Empire card just because yous messed up big time
Mannnn, i am gonna miss those exciting lawn bowls games😂😂
When you sent so much money to Yisrayell 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Glasgow has stepped in now,but I don't think it'll be long before the Commonwealth Games vanish altogether.
It might just not be worth having at all. Maybe the royals can host, it’s their games☺️
Never watched it , couldn’t care less
Of course England would do a good job. Their infrastructure is in the hands of capable, learned & intelligent people, that might have some failings sometimes but know how to solve it. Go Britain!, for the sake of Australian sport people that after many sacrifices & effort, wanted the chance to experience to represent Australia & they have done it very well.
you as an englishman, why dont you suggest using the funds on the people in this hard time. The aussie is wiser.
The best solution is for Victoria to go ahead with the games however part of the funding should come from a tax which is means tested.
Not as embarrassing as BREXIT! eh?
Do you'd rather be ruled over by puppets from various other Euro States?
Dry yir eyes Brexit is done ✅ 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧💙💙💙
The Commonwealth Games are bigger than Dan Andrews and Australia
Although I will admit I was surprised that Chris Minns was so quick to dismiss being a replacement State to hold the Games
It would have been a great move for Minns to cement his reputation as being a doer, and NSW has tons of existing Sports infrastructure to pull off a great Games event with little outlay
Commonwealth no longer exist. An expensive Games to commemorate a lost legacy. Ask the organisers to fund their own games like Tennis, Football, etc.
@@josephyeo6966
Rubbish
After 70 years of its existence, the Commonwealth is a remarkable organisation which still remains a major force for change in the world today. The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent countries, almost all of which were formerly part of the British Empire
As of 2023, there are 15 Commonwealth realms: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom. All are members of the Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organisation of 56 independent member states, 52 of which were formerly part of the British Empire. Charles III is also Head of the Commonwealth, a non-constitutional role with a combined area (excluding the Antarctic claims) of 18.7 million km2 (7.2 million sq mi) and a population of more than 150 million.
Durban went through the same situation, the comm Games just don't provide the same ROI as the Olympics and 7 billion is just too steep. It's embarrassing yes but that money can go into something else.
and now Alberta has pulled out of hosting the 2030 games - it is just too bloody expensive. the money should be spent on people, not huge events for athletes to get another medal of countries to feel good about themselves. time it was scrapped altogether.
Its not worth the money ,now Scotland has landed with the costs .
Scrap it now .pensioners in a resource rich nation dying because they can't afford to pay the energy bills .
Ffs
Governor of Victoria chose to host the Games but hey who knows the Governor will be devastated about the Government cancelled the Games by hefty debts is unconstitutional; just wait till the new Governor must have the constitutional agenda to investigate before to bring the Premier to justice.
The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018 had a budget of AUS$1.2b and their organising committee returned AUS$100m to taxpayers as it came in under budget. The Victoria Games were costed at around $2.5b and their revised June 2023 estimate was still well below $3b. This is more of a political choice, given the enormous debt pile Victoria has, its credit rating is junk and it was an opportunity for virtue signalling by cancelling a relatively inexpensive commitment versus the State premier’s other multibillion projects it cannot afford. The only state with the finances to take this on was WA, and they refused. Birmingham should get it.
Long live the Republic of Australia.
Everything is 3 times the cost. Get in with it!
The King of England can hold it in his realm!😉😉 No other country wanted to host the CG. A tired sporting event!
Poor broke Victoria can't even afford a bunch of games
Can someone wake up the intelligent Philippines lawmaker Salceda? Doesn't he want to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games? This is bigger than the Taylor Swift concert in Singapore.
Visiting Australia since 2002, to cities like Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Moranbah, Gladstone, Hay Point port in Dalrymple Bay .
Saw a real turtle 🐢 swimming in Hay Point.
67 billion. Like Olympics, all officials, politicians, get paid off. Lots of corruption especially in building contracts. I am personally aware of this for the Atlanta olympics. So if cost rose to that amount, did it come from other commonwealth countries and new criteria, or is it coming from graft and corruption inside Australia in general and Victoria specifically?
Victoria is the most corrupt state in Australia but this is more to do with the state mired in debt. That blow out figure is highly exaggerated but they made up an excuse to pull out because they can't afford the spend even if it's on budget.
It cost Birmingham 1.5 bill to host the games & Glasgow .
It all comes from domestic budget. 2010 games in Delhi cost $1.5 billion. That is like $4 billion in today's money. Most of it squandered on bloated contracts earned through bribery. I hope no govt in India is stupid enough to host any such event in future.
😂This Is The End Of Imperialism... Without The Commonwealth Games The People Will Finally See Through This Fassad, Especially Former African Colonies...
Cities I think should consider hosting the games one day
Belfast 🇬🇧 🇮🇪
Liverpool 🇬🇧
Singapore 🇸🇬
Mumbai 🇮🇳
Singapore is too small, Malaysia is ok
Leave India out of it please. We promise to host CWG 2070 in Mumbai. Till then you hold the Fort. 😂😂
Fine with me. I don’t know why we persist with this anachronistic poor substitute for the Olympics.
To train for the Olympics, maybe?
@@curiositycloset2359 Oh yes training two years out and with copious meets and tournaments in between. Ah maybe not…
@@danieleyre8913 guessing you don't get the point of competing in a competition setting?
@@curiositycloset2359 Compete. Don't compete. I don't care as long as I'm not paying for it.
@@curiositycloset2359 You’re obviously a numbskull. You don’t have to blow +6 billion dollars to just “compete”. If they find another city to host; they’ll still be competing. Won’t they? Aw yeah.
Do you have any conception of just how much money 6 billion dollars is?
When asked who wants to host the party? proudly you raised hand, after a few days later you told that there was no profit from the party and that you had no money, that made your friends very disappointed because you gave them false hope
Has he taken the probablr 'gains'of the businesses in Victoria? Hotels, restaurants, small shops?
The United States can help out. New York City or Boston can be great choices we would love to help out 😊
USA is not a member of Commonwealth of Nations
Here we come Melbourne! , Actually people don’t realise how close to Tasmania Melbourne is. Sensible decision!
next time you make a comment.....use your brain...
@@aureliotrevisiol756
Guess,you haven’t travelled to Melbourne? 😊
Melbourne is the closest Australian mainland to Tasmania,on the Bass Strait,inching towards Southern Ocean……yipeeeee, I like Melbourne ,despite staying for a few months in Brisbane opposite to the Brisbane river.
@@aureliotrevisiol756
Now you haven’t travelled to Brisbane as well, haven’t seen the Brisbane river and seen the Story Bridge on the Brisbane river.And neither have you seen the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Opera House, neither have you taken a cruise in Sydney harbour, nor have you seen Matrix ,keanu Reeves movie in Sydney iMAX!
Sorry ,but jealousy has no cure!
@@aureliotrevisiol756
Have travelled to all these places!? What about you?!
Melbourne has 4 seasons in a day,so very unpredictable!
There is a good reason why Victorians are leaving that state. But, the Labor Party keeps getting voted back inspite of questions of corruption 🙄
Stockholm syndrome. Has to be
UK gov has told Australia to drop it as it the gov favour EU games
Not yet..but soon we hope🤞🇦🇺
Well done Victoria for not wasting tax player's hard earned money on a massive ego tripping exercise... better they spend that money on building affordable housing for the working poor and more hospitals!!.❤️🇬🇧
Hmmm. Should encourage the youth to participate more at all levels and provide incentives for their engagement!
Do you want to fund it? How about health, housing, effective education, roads, putting Australians first. Money pit of misery and great its been stopped. Next stop the brisbane olympics.
@@dnm4197
Having a fragmented and unsynchronized youth culture tends to cost more in the long run. Commonwealth games are a good opportunity for the youth to participate at all levels and with many activities. This may inspire them to work in the sectors you named especially as the games are state sponsored and allow for cultural cross-pollination.
@@InfinityandEternity
There is no ability for you to quantify your reasoning. God help us for cross pollination and state sponsored is just enabling youth to be lead down their entitled life. Those days are coming to the end as they realise their achievements give them pride, self respect and true confidence. Maybe they can volunteer to train youth coming along after them, get a real job, and love their sport without the state funds. State funds are desperately needed for housing, health, quality and meaningful education, infrastructure investment.
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Commonwealth is already history which is also a reminder of the hegemonic colonialism so should be scrapped and forgotten
This is literally the money pit these became in the past years, from hundreds of millions to billions milking ultimately the taxpayers.
melbourne thinks it is a sport capital. rubbish.
Sunderland 2026, or Middlesbrough, or Hull, or Burnley, or Blackpool or Blackburn, or south Manchester etc
Its a disgrace to be honest, you volunteer and pull back at the last moment
Let the UK threaten - and I mean "threaten" - to take it on. If that doesn't concentrate minds in Canberra I don't what will.
Birmingham2026!
And for ever... it's the UK that benefits most from the Commonwealth they should pay for it!!.❤️🇦🇺
This is not main news, can you blame them for cancelling, I would hope that the politicians would have made the same decision in the U.K.!
have the games in victoria as planned - dump dan andrews instead. he wrecked victoria's economy with tyrannical covid lockdowns - but it can bounce back if he can't drag it down again.
You are obviously a complete muppet.
Nice insight I had no idea, so takes the opportunity to act all Billy Big Balls whilst dodging the fact he's the reason why they can't afford it. Politicians don't change no matter what the country, corrupt underhand lying cheating pigs that are a disgrace to their electorate
As an Australian visiting the UK last year while the Games were on, I know how dynamic and exciting the Games were and appreciate what a success it was - this just from just watching the event on media. Unfortunately Victoria/Melbourne has a history of Labor Government economic mismanagement. We are going through that predictable cycle at present.
Seems like a good economic decision to me, no doubt the Libs would of sold of some public infrastructure to pay for it instead.
So Victoria are broke and can't afford to honour their commitment. That's a bit embarrassing for them.
Not really, it's just facts! Australia is an isolated country of only 26 million people and not a wealthy nation. Costs of everything are increasing and becoming unaffordable. We should not be hosting the unaffordable commonwealth games and Olympics just because no one else wanted them. Let alone spending $380 billion on nuclear powered submarines.
@@multioptioned As I said, they can't afford to honour their commitment.
At least they know it... unlike the UK!!.🤣🤣❤️🇦🇺
@@caravanstuff2827 The UK isn't due to host the Commonwealth Games.
Is it too hot in Australia. 🤣😆🤣
India is good place
This will likely spark questions about Australia and its states and cities ability and commitment to host sporting events, not just the Women's World Cup but looking forward to Brisbane which agreed with the IOC to host the 2032 Summer Olympics
Ticket sales for Women's World Cup matches in Australia are brilliant.
Australia only got the 2026 commonwealth games and 2032 Olympics because no other countries wanted to host them. Australia was just stupid enough to agree to take them but we can't afford them either! An isolated island with only 26 million people should know its place in the world and stop pretending to be a world superpower. Foreigners don't realise how poor Australians are. Government lies to attract skilled immigrant workers to come here.
Yeah take your circus some where else...after covid debt no western county can realistically afford these ego tripping wank fest!!.❤️🇦🇺
The Commonwealth is redundant.
Both Olympics have broken a few nations and the Commonwealth is not a surprise
Well saved tax payers money
Twenty twenty sixteen … 😂
Where's the Dan Wootton story?
Just don’t give Australia any sporting events. They obviously can’t handle it.
You gotta deal mate 😊
You expect a country of only 26 million people to be able to afford women's football world cup, 2026 commonwealth games and 2032 Olympics? AND buy $380 billion nuclear-powered submarines? What similar sized country is doing that? Australia only got games events when no other country wanted to host them. We should never have agreed.
How about moving it 13,145 kilometres northeast to Victoria Island- would be happy to do it again! 😆
No more games...the Queen of England's empire is dead....long live all the Republics.🏴
Anglosphere forever as an Aussie . Thank god for the British empire
Bottled it
202016
Track and field is too expensive
Its not like Australia, which has over 30 Billionaires, the top two having a estimated cumulative fortune of over $60 Billion, who could pay for these games on their own and still have over half of their fortunes.......
Why would they pay for the games?
They pay the best accountants to pay as little tax as possible
@@BBB-999 As loyal and proud members of the commonwealth? AHAHAAHAHAHA
BBC……Are they pulling out of hosting the commonwealth games due to covid, the Russians or climate change?😂😂😂
Australia is finished. Penal system.
🤡!!.
The whole world is watching australia because of the womens world cup good public relations 😂 il be watching i love football who ever plays but the world wont be watching sorry
They’ve realized its expensive pleasing the master colonialists….
Going saudi nw i bet 😂
From a Chinese backed Labor premier what do you expect
China would never do the right thing if it meant "losing face". This is the most pragmatically Australian Andrews has ever been.
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