Govt to give $100m to Commonwealth Games November 16, 2013 - 2:50PM Prime Minister Tony Abbott says the federal government will contribute at least $100 million towards the Commonwealth Games to be hosted by the Gold Coast in 2018. Mr Abbott was a guest at a Commonwealth sports breakfast in Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Saturday, on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. He spoke with Britain's Commonwealth Minister Hugo Swire, who is involved in next year's Glasgow Games. Mr Abbott said the Games were of "continuing importance" to the Commonwealth. "We've got our own Games on the Gold Coast in 2018 which is very exciting," Mr Abbott said. It will be nice to see what the Scots are proposing for their Games. Mr Abbott said the federal government was "committed to providing comparable support to the Games on the Gold Coast that were provided to the Games in Melbourne in 2006." That is in the order of $100 million or so. Federal support is expected to include services for security, customs and immigration.