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Shepparton’s Commonwealth Games bid left us behind

A regional Victorian bid was aiming to follow in the footsteps of Gold Coast as Australia's next Commonwealth Games host, but so far the effort has struggled to make waves.

MILDURA was always an afterthought in plans to bring the 2030 Commonwealth Games to regional Victoria.

Until the bid was made public in April 2017, Mildura Council wasn't aware of it.

Mildura not likely to have active 2030 Commonwealth Games role A suggested list of venues published at the time didn't even have Mildura hosting an official sport, only a "test event".

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