Can the Commonwealth Games change perceptions of the Gold Coast?
- Written by David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Just as the Australian men’s cricket ball-tampering scandal exhausts itself at last, the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games appears, as if on cue, to fill the feelgood sporting void.
These are, after all, the “Friendly Games”, as celebrated in stamp collections. They are meant to be free of the sledging and cheating witnessed in...
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