Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services) Share this | Hansard source

Australia has a rich history of hosting world-class international sporting events. The 1956 Melbourne Olympics and Sydney 2000 were enormously successful and gave significant confidence to our nation. In recent years Australia has hosted the AFC Asian Cup, in 2015, the 2018 Invictus Games, the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Next year we will host the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and the UCI Road World Championships. In 2023 we will co-host the FIFA Women's World Cup and, in 2026, the UCI BMX World Championships. We're also in with a great show of securing the 2027 Rugby World Cup.