Gabba cost estimate was rushed, govt admits

Kaiser said those figures had been determined through the preparation of the project’s business case – a process that was ongoing.

Questioning Kaiser, Deputy Opposition Leader Jarrod Bleijie suggested the business case should have pre-empted the cost announcement.

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“Surely your department would have done a business case before the announcement of $2.7 billion, learning from the mistakes of the billion-dollar announcement,” he said.

“Why is there a business case being conducted…