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Cancelling the Commonwealth Games won't come cheaply – Victoria now faces the legal consequences

  • Written by Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
Cancelling the Commonwealth Games won't come cheaply – Victoria now faces the legal consequencesJames Ross/AAP

The cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews took all stakeholders – Commonwealth Games officials, athletes, sports bodies and local government officials – by surprise.

The Andrews administration will likely deal with the political fallout from not honouring its contract to host the...

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