Lawyers hired weeks before Commonwealth Games cancellation announcement, documents show

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Lawyers the Victorian government hired to negotiate the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games weeks before it officially made the announcement cost taxpayers more than $1 million, documents show.

The documents provided to parliament reveal the government engaged lawyers from Melbourne firm Arnold Bloch Leiber regarding the "withdrawal from hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games" in June 2023.

That is on top of the $380 million in compensation Victoria was forced to pay for the cancellation, after a settlement was reached. "This is further evidence of how Labor has torched taxpayers' money and another reason why Jacinta Allan needs to appear before the parliamentary inquiry and explain her role in the Commonwealth Games debacle," Opposition Leader John Pesutto said.

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