According to The Age, anyone found to be loitering around the Flinders Street Station clock during the Commonwealth Games will be asked to move on.
The station is a common meeting place for Melbournians but for the sake of security during the Commonwealth Games, loitering will not be permitted which will mean the normality […]
Yet more taxpayer incurred costs have been uncovered by the Herald Sun and this time it’s a steep $22million bill for private security to protect the athletes.
According to the Government contracts website, $4.4million will be spent on private security measures at Albert Park and Docklands followed by $4.3million around the MCG and CBD. A further […]
A large empty room at an old casino complex overlooking the Yarra river is being transformed into the Games Operations Centre which will have rows of TV screens, relaying live feeds from each of the 40 venues around the state of Victoria as well as the mass assembly areas.
Key personnel from the Games organising […]
Residents who live next to the Commonwealth Games village are going to be required to wear identification when walking down the street outside their own homes during the 32 days that the Parkville exclusion zone is in enforcement. Anyone failing to provided identification is up for a $2000 fine under special Games laws.
A number […]
If you’re worried about being safe when you’re riding a train or tram to a Commonwealth Games event in Melbourne then make sure you offer a friendly smile to one of the operators who will be monitoring the 300 odd CCTV cameras positioned at high priority train stations throughout the Games.
More than $32 million has […]
As the eyes of the Commonwealth bear down on Australia, thousands of indigenous Aborigines will bear down on Melbourne to protest during the Commonwealth Games.
The protest, organised by the Black GST - for genocide, sovereignty and treaty - would address these main issues not just for Aborigine, but for all indigenous people.
The Games have been […]
‘Victorian water police will maintain a 24-hour watch on Melbourne waterways when the city hosts the Commonwealth Games in March.
Acting Inspector Darren Harris of the Victoria Police water police branch said the unit would be at full strength to enforce exclusion zones near games events to support the counter-terrorist work of the elite police Special […]