The report found the waste of taxpayer money could have been avoided were it not for substandard public sector advice given to the state government.
has cost the state almost $600 million – a waste of taxpayer money that could have been avoided were it not for substandard public sector advice given to the state government.
It also says the original business case, put together by the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions , wasn't accurate, and instead inflated the potential benefits to the state and downplayed how much it would cost. "The business case raised the risks associated with hosting the Games. But it underestimated the costs and overstated the benefits.
"DPC and DTF consistently raised cost and other risks during 2022 and early 2023. But they did not advise government that hosting the Games might be unfeasible until June 2023."Daniel Andrews said the cost of hosting the Games had blown out by billions, but the auditor-general found the figure he gave to the public was "overstated and not transparent"..
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