Part of me is inclined to say might as well keep going with the games, but then I think sunk cost fallacy.

Does anyone even care about the commonwealth games?

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    Whether you like Dan or not I think this is the correct call. I believe Dan was counting on some federal funding to make this happen and that Albo probably pulled it in favour of a surplus.

    So instead of spending the extra couple of billion, we would also need to spend the couple of billion we should have gotten federally and we got screwed instead.

    On that though, I think Dan needs to appoint a successor and plan to retire.

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      Whether you like Dan or not the original decision to sweep in like a hero and host the games was a reckless political play that’s cost us dearly.

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        He committed to it how many years ago?

        It’s actually a great idea if it weren’t for the financial crisis were in. It should have been an opportunity to bolster regional areas in a non sports rort way.

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      Victorian Labor has a nasty habit of signing up for things they can’t afford, and then hoping the federal government foots the bill.

      Also, this should really put into perspective how small the $5M settlement for COVID lockdown is in the scale of things.