Dear Editor,
Our $200 million Glasgow gift is deeply embarrassing.
That huge sum, paid by Victorians to run our own cancelled Commonwealth Games in Scotland, is a massive slap in the face amid a cost-of-living crisis.
Imagine how that $200 million could have been spent in regional Victoria.
It could have created 2,000 nursing jobs to help regional Victorians get better health care and stop ambulance ramping.
It could have built 400 new homes for families in need.
The list goes on and on.
Instead, that $200 million is being shipped off overseas.
We knew the Allan Labor Government was out of touch with regional Victorians, but this really stings.
We have forked out $600 million on the cancelled games and $200 million is being used to run them in another country.
Labor can’t manage money and it’s regional Victorians who are paying the price.
Leader of The Nationals
Peter Walsh
