Commonwealth Games
From pop idol to swim star to leading man: ‘Annoyingly gifted’ Cody Simpson’s new gig
He’s already been a pop-phenom heartthrob dating the likes of Miley Cyrus, and a champion swimmer. Now, the Gold Coast-raised prodigy is in his third act.
- Konrad Marshall
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‘Hasty political decision’: Final report slams Commonwealth Games failures
The Victorian government’s decision to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games was flawed, inadequate and marred by a series of failures, according to a final report into the event’s cancellation.
- Kieran Rooney
Still the queer capital? Melbourne pulls out of the Gay Games
The state government has confessed that it is no longer in the global race for the sporting event.
- Stephen Brook, Kishor Napier-Raman and Kieran Rooney
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.
- Vince Rugari
- Exclusive
- 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.
- 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.
- Updated
- 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.
- Billie Eder
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.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
- Opinion
- 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.
- 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.
- Rob Harris and Roy Ward
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