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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Henry Belot

South Australian government faces fresh criticism for hosting Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour

Golf Saudi LIV SA Australia South Australia Human Rights Minky Worden Mohammed bin Salman Peter Malinauskas
Cameron Smith tees off during the LIV Golf event at the Gallery Golf Club in Tucson, Arizona on 17 March 2023
Golfer Cameron Smith tees off at a LIV tournament in Arizona. The SA government is being criticised for hosting the Saudi-backed tour in Australia next month. Photograph: Zachary BonDurant/USA Today Sports

The South Australian government’s support of a Saudi-backed golf tournament has come under renewed criticism after the kingdom’s failed attempt to sponsor the Fifa Women’s World Cup.

The LIV golf tour, which has reportedly received billions from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, will make its Australian debut at the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide next month despite being internationally condemned as an attempt to “sportswash” the regime’s human rights abuses.

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