Abbreviation | CGA |
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Predecessor | Australian Commonwealth Games Association |
Headquarters | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Patron in Chief | His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) (Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia) |
Patron | Anthony Albanese (Prime Minister of Australia) |
President | Ben Houston |
Chief Executive Officer | Craig Phillips |
Website | commonwealthgames |
Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) is the Commonwealth Games Association for Australia, and is responsible for representing and promoting the Commonwealth Sport movement in the country, and organises the participation of athletes at the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. It changed it name from the Australian Commonwealth Games Association to Commonwealth Games Australia in 2015. The Commonwealth Games have been held in Australia five times, most recently the 2018 Commonwealth Games were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland.