The Parliamentary inquiry hearings into the cancellation of the 2026 regional Commonwealth Games got underway this week, with the cost of abandoning the Games expected to have exceeded $500 million. This includes $380M in compensation, $43M in operating grants, over $21M for athletes’ villages, $19M on competition venues and over $6M for Victoria Police security…
Kim O’Keeffe, the Nationals Member for Shepparton District, has called on the Housing Minister, Colin Brook, to ensure that our region is included in the $1 billion Regional Housing Fund, announced following the cancellation of the 2026 Regional Commonwealth Games. “We have not had anywhere nearly enough invested into housing in our region and the…
Letter to the editor Dear Editor, The cancellation of the Commonwealth Games is a huge letdown to regional Victoria, which would have seen the regions showcased on an international stage. This is a lost opportunity that would have also had an extraordinary economic benefit to the regions. Instead, this Government has once again failed regional…
The Andrews Labor Government’s decision to scrap the 2026 Commonwealth Games again glaringly highlights its incompetence. It is an embarrassing case of financial mismanagement from a Government that is broke. The Nationals Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, said the community feels disillusioned and disappointed by the cancellation of the Games. “This Labor Government has…