The evidence presented to the inquiry into the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games casts some doubt over Jacinta Allan's claim she only knew of cost blowouts in the weeks leading up to the event being cancelled.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan was warned four months before the state government abandoned the 2026 Commonwealth Games that the event's costs had nearly doubled, an inquiry has heard, casting into doubt her claim she only knew of cost blowouts in the weeks leading up to the cancellation.
"In early March 2023, the department briefed the minister for Commonwealth Games Delivery on revised budget requirements to deliver the Games," Mr Ada told the inquiry. Ms Allan has repeatedly told parliament she only knew of the cost blowouts weeks before the government announced its decision to cancel the event."But what I can say is that when it became clear that the costs to run a 12-day sporting event were going to exceed $6 billion, that just became too much, and that became clear in the weeks leading up to the announcement.""The government made its final decision on July 17, we announced it on July 18," Ms Allan said last week.
"Nor did it anticipate the significant cost escalation that's been experienced in the construction sector." "Her story about what she knew and when she knew it changes by the day and it's time the premier fronted the parliamentary inquiry and came clean with Victorians."
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