Commonwealth Games
Quintessential Queenslander Clive Palmer buys childhood home in Williamstown
Quite what the mining magnate plans to do with his new $4.5 million bungalow is anyone’s guess.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Jacinta Allan
One year on, Premier Jacinta Allan must forge a new path
However much Allan may wish to draw a line between her government and that of Daniel Andrews, on a host of unresolved problems and failures, Allan herself is the point of continuity between that era and the one she is trying to establish as her own.
- by The Age's View
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
Why Australia’s two fastest women might not make the Olympic team
Australia’s renaissance in middle-distance running will deliver a national athletics championships in Adelaide like no other.
- by Michael Gleeson
The MCG is the king of stadiums. We may never see its like again
While other cities and states struggle with new stadiums, the MCG remains the gold standard despite having been demolished and rebuilt several times over. And there’s more renewal on the way.
- by Tom Cowie
New blow for Commonwealth Games as Malaysia rejects offer to host in 2026
It’s another major setback for the global sporting event after Victoria last year sensationally scrapped its hosting plan and put the Games’ entire future in doubt.
- by Danial Azhar and Lachlan Abbott
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