Gold Coast’s bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games has been torpedoed as pressure mounts on Victoria to explain how long it kept quiet on cost concerns.
The Queensland city’s mayor Tom Tate launched a late bid, contingent on federal funding, for the Games after Victoria pulled out of hosting the event because the cost had risen to up to $7 billion.
If the Albanese government offered in-principle support, Mr. Tate said he would take four weeks to put together a presentation in a bid to woo the Queensland government into stumping up more cash.
“The reputation that Australia has … is we make a deal, and we deliver,” he told reporters on Friday….