Victoria's Minister for Commonwealth Games Delivery Jacinta Allan has claimed that staging the multi-sport event in 2026 will create "thousands of opportunities for local workers and businesses".

Victoria's main homeless body says regional areas set to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games will see a sharp increase in people sleeping rough, unless a critical programme is provided with urgent funding.

Former badminton player Elinor Middlemiss has been appointed as Scotland's Chef de Mission for Victoria 2026 for the second consecutive edition of the Commonwealth Games.

With today marking three years to go until the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, organisers are doubling the size of their headquarters in Geelong.

Three-time Olympic swimming gold medallist Petria Thomas has been named as Australia's Chef de Mission for their home Commonwealth Games in Victoria in 2026.

Geelong’s Deputy Mayor Anthony Aitken has warned that the Australian city "cannot afford" to fund the staging of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria due to growing financial pressures.

Jeroen Weimar, the chief executive for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, has reiterated the need for spectators to take day trips to regional cities in order to address shortage in accommodation and public transport.

Geotechnical work has been completed on the Athletes' Village for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Morwell, it has been announced.

Bowls Australia are confident of maintaining their position at the top of the Commonwealth Games medals table at Victoria 2026 after being one of three sports earmarked to receive extra funding to help their preparations.

Bowls, netball and squash in Australia are set to receive a slice of a AUD$17 million (£9.7 million/$11.7 million/€10.9 million) investment to boost preparations for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.

Opposition Members of Parliament in Australia have called on Anthony Albanese's Government to establish an independent authority to oversee the delivery of sporting and community infrastructure for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.

Leading industry representative Daniel Sahlberg has claimed caravans could be used to provide additional accommodation capacity when the Australian region holds the Commonwealth Games in 2026.

Former sprint hurdler Kyle Vander-Kuyp has chaired the Commonwealth Games Australia's first meeting of the advisory group for the Reconciliation Action Plan established last year to assist in the recognition and inclusion of Aboriginal communities in its everyday activities.

The awarding of July's World Squash Federation (WSF) World Junior Squash Championships to Melbourne has been billed as "the ideal way to kickoff a decade of sport leading up to the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria".

Construction companies are being sought to build Athletes' Villages across four sites in Victoria for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.