Commonwealth Games
Editorial
Pacific diplomacy
The NRL’s newest recruit PNG is good for sport and Pacific politics
The announcement that a team from Papua New Guinea will enter the NRL competition is a smart play.
- The Herald's View
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Her career is one long highlights reel. But these were Emma McKeon’s five greatest moments
Australia’s most decorated Olympian has called time on her glittering swimming career. We relive the best moments.
- by Vince Rugari
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Victorian budget
The projects worth billions funded with Victoria’s secretive ‘credit card’ revealed
The state government spent nearly $10 billion on 161 projects – including the Commonwealth Games dispute – using a secretive fund known as the treasurer’s advance.
- by Broede Carmody
Victorian government whacked by Commonwealth Games boss
Commonwealth Games Australia chief executive Craig Phillips takes a swipe at the Victorian government formerly led by Daniel Andrews.
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Sport
‘Dreams taken away’: Axed sports slam Commonwealth Games cull
Some of Australia’s strongest events – including rugby, cricket, hockey and cycling – have been left off the card for the slimmed-down Glasgow Games in 2026, prompting a flood of criticism.
- by Billie Eder
Scotland to host Commonwealth Games in 2026 after Australian funding deal as netball pushes to avoid cut
A scaled-back version of the Games, expected to feature just 10 sports and hundreds fewer athletes, will return to Glasgow 12 years after the city last played host.
- by Rob Harris and Roy Ward
Australia’s Comm Games body splashes millions more on Glasgow 2026 games
The Glasgow Commonwealth Games could receive up to $4.5 million to pay for a shortfall the Scottish and UK governments refuse to cover.
- by Steve Larkin and Ashleigh McMillan
Glasgow Commonwealth Games would cost tiny fraction of Victoria’s
Commonwealth Games Scotland says it has an “innovative, cost-effective” proposal that would be almost entirely funded through Victoria’s compensation payout.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Beach volleyball
Fears of another Commonwealth Games-style embarrassment as world champs left ‘high and dry’
Volleyball Australia counts the nation’s richest person Gina Rinehart among its major backers, but a lack of government funding risks the nation having to spike another global sporting event.
- by Chris Barrett
Andrews accused of trashing Commonwealth Games brand for own political gain
The boss of Commonwealth Games Australia has again taken aim at Daniel Andrews’ “callous” decision to abandon the 2026 Games.
- by Greg Baum
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Political leadership
Premier demotes MP over allegations of inappropriate workplace behaviour
Labor member for South Barwon Darren Cheeseman has been asked by Jacinta Allan to resign from his role as a parliamentary secretary as a “result of allegations of persistent, inappropriate behaviour in the workplace”.
- by Kieran Rooney
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