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Daniel Wells takes the next step to stardom

19 Jul 2011

As is the tendency, negative stories find their way into the headlines far easier than those of a more uplifting, commendable nature.

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dasliva, That's very interesting, those odds, because simple logic suggests that 2018 looks destined go go to a European bid. Therefore, for 2022, the remaining European nations are taken out of the running, and going by those odds, we'd be a very short-priced favourite to win.

Australia’s World Cup bid is drastically flawed

30 Mar 2009

Brian, I tend to agree that we could scrape by stadia-wise. An upgrade to Canberra stadium would be a good thing, perhaps a new stadium for Wollongong, that would be a good thing, and of course Perth needs that 60,000 as the Major Stadium Taskforce directed, and the sooner Adelaide's premier venue is inner-city the better. But the fact is the only way these rather worthy projects get up, even with either nine or thirteen years to do them, is that it would have to be Rudd that pays for them. And its not like we can leave these decisions or further Governments, or hope that future State Governments will be more positive about these issues than the current ones - the decisions and plans need to be done within twelve months or so for the bid documentation. It's going to cost a hell of a lot of money, and even though PriceWaterhouseCoopers suggests we'd get a return, there's gotta be a sense of reluctancy to spend that much. You even said it yourself: "At worst I’m sure they (the AFL) could be bought off." Big money spent just to ask someone to stop the competition for six weeks? Before you spend a penny on infrastructure? Not sure.

Australia’s World Cup bid is drastically flawed

25 Mar 2009