Ideas for Melbourne: Sport and Major Events

In 2012, Ideas for Melbourne will be the talk of the town.

With city elections looming in 2012, we’re kicking off this year’s programming by turning the spotlight on some of Melbourne’s biggest civic issues. Over the course of a week, we’ll be asking the city’s most controversial questions, giving you the chance to ask the city’s best placed commentators, experts and policy-makers the questions that will decide this year’s elections. Our aim is simple: to generate public conversation on the issues that matter to Melbournians most.

Melbourne once prided itself on its major events. Can we still claim the crown of the world’s best city for sporting events? Or is it all a colossal waste of money? Angela Pippos, Perry Crosswhite, Gideon Haigh and others discuss.

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Presenters

Gideon Haigh

Gideon Haigh has been writing about sport, business, both and neither for almost thirty years. He left newspapers for freelance journalism in 1995, and has contributed to more than fifty different publications.

Angela Pippos

Angela Pippos is a journalist, television presenter, radio personality, author and MC.

Perry Crosswhite

Perry Crosswhite AM is the head of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association.