Government departments have tallied their spending on the now-abandoned Commonwealth Games for a parliamentary inquiry.
Cancelling the Commonwealth Games will cost Victorians more than half a billion dollars, according to new state government department estimates.
Fresh figures provided by government departments to the parliamentary inquiry detail additional costs of more than $150 million, taking the total expected cost to taxpayers well above $500 million. The state’s tourism body Visit Victoria spent $3 million on a marketing strategy to promote the Games, and Games organisers spent another $800,000 on a business program to promote diplomacy and trade as part of hosting the Games.
Allan has not yet been invited to give evidence but said she would not front the upper house inquiry if invited to do so.The parliamentary committee cannot compel the premier to appear as she is a member of the lower house. But an opposition spokesperson said the committee would invite the premier to give evidence in her capacity as the former minister for delivering the Games.
The government paid law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler $1.27 million and barrister Frances Gordon, KC, $19,745 for 17 days work in August for legal services to dump the Games. The half a billion-dollar bill also includes $6 million spent by Victoria Police to establish a dedicated unit for the Games.
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