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Sport and major events

Sport, the Olympics and major events, and public money for them.

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2005–2016

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How tech is changing how we watch the Winter OlympicsDownload This Show · 13 February 2026

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Rio’s financial crisis reveals the moral bankruptcy of the OlympicsABC The Drum · 21 Jun 2016The Olympics: A Tool For Autocrats Since 1936ABC The Drum · 28 Jan 2014Let The Cult BeginThe Sunday Age · 22 Jul 2012Sport As Propaganda: Bahrain’s Vile Grand PrixABC The Drum · 18 Apr 2012Commonwealth Games Bad News For The Gold CoastABC The Drum · 17 Nov 2011Bankrolling Oprah: The New Tourist StrategyABC The Drum · 21 Sep 2010Buying Our Love With Our Money Is Just Not SportingThe Sunday Age · 27 Dec 2009Higher, Faster, Costlier: The Price Of Olympic Gold Is Too GreatThe Sunday Age · 6 Sep 2009Politics, not sport, is the purpose of the Olympic GamesIPA Review · 1 Jul 2008The Patriot GamesThe Sunday Age · 20 Apr 2008Waving Goodbye? Fans Will DecideThe Sunday Age · 4 Feb 2007Being creative has never been “un-Australian”Crikey · 3 Oct 2006There Can Never Be Too Much Sport, Mr SamuelThe Age · 28 Jan 2005

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