Politics Now: Jacinta Allan spruiked Games progress despite event chief's letter warning of soaring costs
Months before Jacinta Allan told parliament ‘tremendous progress’ was being made on delivering the Comm Games she was warned by the event's chief of soaring costs in bombshell letter.
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