Republic will be next., page-11

it's over


''How did we get here?Finding a host for the 2026 Games was always a struggle. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) had originally aimed to name a city in 2019, but hopeful bidders fell like dominoes - mostly over cost concerns - leaving organisers unable to lock in a host until three years later.Mr Andrews, the state's premier, says organisers had approached his government, and initially they were "happy to help out"."But not at any price," he told a press conference on Tuesday.''

games death

but no - republic is a process and a long one ------------- Oz will shift on that when it's in so much pain that it searches for a panacea --

floundering about - it will reach for a republic ------- that's a way off yet and the commonwealth games will be long forgotten IMO