![]() ![]() If the Andrews government felt it needed to stage the Commonwealth Games to win the next state election in 2026, it would do so without hesitation. ![]() So, for an administration that until now has shown scant regard for the condition of the state’s finances, another $3 billion blowout for the Commonwealth Games would be neither here nor there. The cost of budget overruns on the government’s big building projects in the state is already approaching $30 billion. But Victoria being Victoria, there’ll be more to the decision than just money. His claim that the Games were cancelled because they could end up costing more than $6 billion, twice what was originally anticipated, might have some truth to it. The key thing those outside Victoria need to understand about the state and its government is that not much of what Andrews says can be taken at face value. They’re off: Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan and Premier Daniel Andrews announcing the decision to cancel the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. Regardless of the extent of the Commonwealth Games cost overruns, he wouldn’t have cancelled them if there was no political advantage to be gained. ![]() Andrews has a personal and political staff of nearly 100 people, twice as many as that of the prime minister. As the premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews is the most calculating of his generation and he operates the best political operation in Australia since Neville Wran. ![]()
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