CompaniesSportCommonwealth GamesPrint articleVictoria’s Commonwealth Games legal bill balloons to $1.3mGus McCubbingReporterOct 3, 2023 – 9.41pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginThe Victorian government spent nearly $1.3 million on lawyers to negotiate the fallout of its shock decision to axe the Commonwealth Games, documents have revealed.Details of the legal costs were released on Tuesday through a questionnaire that was filled out by the Department of Premier and Cabinet in response to an upper house inquiry into the cancelled Games, which begins later this month.Loading...Gus McCubbing is a journalist at the Australian Financial Review in Melbourne. Connect with Gus on Twitter. Email Gus at gus.mccubbing@afr.comSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreCommonwealth GamesVictorian ParliamentDaniel AndrewsJacinta AllanJohn PesuttoPolitical leadershipLatest In SportFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In CompaniesThe Australian Financial Review MagazineBishop stares down critics: ‘I turn down many more roles than I take on’Myriam RobinThis restaurant has New York buzz. You’ll never guess where it isThe watch brands courting women with dazzling designsBOSS Financial ReviewWhy this top Nike exec starts her day with a protein coffeeAmelia McGuireWhat Dutton and Bandt do nextThis public servant founded a $4b company. He never wanted to be an entrepreneurLife & LeisureMeet the Melbourne-based master of lighting designStephen ToddWhy Gen Zs are falling for this 155-year-old British brandPorsche’s latest Taycan is ‘like nothing else on the road’Rich ListAnchorage Capital Partners COO resigns, jumps to family officeSarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma RapaportArada will use builder Roberts Co to expand into Australian housingLiberman-backed Monark buys $44m infill site in Melbourne’s north
