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[–] mupAus@aussie.zone 51 points 1 year ago (7 children)

To echo my comment from the Melbourne thread. I think it's a good thing and wish more governments would call off projects as soon as they realise the cost is going to blow out.

Better to waste a small amount of money up front, than an extra $4B later.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Absolutely.

What I want to know though is how the costs blew out from $2.7bil to $6bil-7bil? I know they were only announced as having the games last year, but do we know when they would have done the proposal and budget? That's an absolutely massive difference.

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