[1] The concept of the national festival of sport was first raised in John Bloomfiel's report Role and Scope and Development of Recreation in Australia published in 1973.
[3] The Australia Games Foundation was established and registered in Victoria as a trustee company in 1982.
[3] The Games had several objectives: improve access to international competition for Australian athletes in their own environment, increase media exposure to non high-profile sports and to encourage the construction of new multi-purpose facilities of international standard.
[3] Victorian auditor-general in a 1986 report detailed massive cost overruns in the management of the Games.
The Victorian Government provided the Australia Games Foundation $920,000 more than the initial grant of $375,000.