Cancelled Commonwealth Games will cost Victorian taxpayers ‘a lot more’ than $380m

It’s been revealed the Andrews Government incorrectly assumed it would receive more than $200 million in federal funding before it successfully secured the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

On Saturday, Daniel Andrews revealed taxpayers will foot a $380 million bill for cancelling the event.

But the true cost of the cancelled Commonwealth Games will be much higher.

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“That doesn’t include any money we’ve spent so far, that doesn’t include whatever we paid initially to have exclusive rights to put a bid in for it, it doesn’t include any money going forward for redundancy payments for staff, that sort of thing. It will end up being a lot more,” 9News reporter Heidi Murphy told Ross and Russel.

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