Jacinta Allan warned about rising cost of Commonwealth Games months before it was cancelled

Parliamentary inquiry hears organising committee wrote to the then games minister in April about additional funding and reducing costs

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The organising committee tasked with delivering the 2026 Commonwealth Games has told a parliamentary inquiry that Jacinta Allan was warned about rising cost of running the event three months before it was cancelled by the government.

In its submission to parliament's upper house inquiry into the canned event, Victoria 2026 reveals it wrote to Jacinta Allan - who was then deputy premier and Commonwealth Games minister - in April to request additional funding.

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