Queensland gives 'emphatic no' on hosting Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast mayor pleads for four-week
- siennawilliamsgc
- Jul 24, 2023
- 1 min read
The Gold Coast mayor is pleading for a four-week window to put forward a plan to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games after Victoria axed the event due to cost blowouts. But the Queensland government says it has no interest in hosting the international event.
Tom Tate — who put his hand up on Thursday in a long-shot bid to host the games — said a Gold Coast games would not need additional infrastructure investment because the city hosted the event just five years ago.
It came despite his deputy previously ruling it out, with councillors being opposed to a second games.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she was "100 per cent focused" on hosting the 2032 Olympics this week.
She said the state could not afford spend more money an event.
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