Below: On August 25, 2016, Al Jazeera televised a detailed report on Australia's relative lack of success at the 2016 Olympics and the funding decisions involved.
Below: On August 10, 2016, Al Jazeera televised a 24-minute Inside Story documentary titled 'Are the Olympics still relevant?
Below: On February 14, 2016, Get to Know televised a detailed breakdown of how much it costs a host nation to stage the Olympic games and from where the money is sourced.
Below: On June 26, 2016, Vox Docs televised a short documentary revealing the poverty among its citizens that the Brazilian government is hiding in order to stage events such as the Olympic Games and attract tourists.
Below: On June 18, 2013, Truthloader published a report showing Brazilian citizens protesting over the amount of money their government has spent in order to host the Olympic Games and the World Cup.
Web links, documents
Internet information
On October 7, 2016, the ABC published an updated report by Matt Martino titled 'Rio 2016: Which Olympic sports gave the taxpayer more bang for their buck?'
The report estimates the cost per Australian medal achieved within the different sports at the Rio Olympics.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-22/rio-olympics-2016-how-much-does-a-medal-cost-taxpayer/7748946
In 2015 the Clearinghouse for Sport released an overview of factors contributing to community participation in sport in Australia, especially among children.
The overview was updated on September 7, 2016.
Clearinghouse for Sport is an initiative of the Australia Sports Commission that distributes research data on sports related trends in Australia.
The overview looked at the factors increasing community involvement in sport and judged the performance of elite athletes as a making a minor contribution.
The full document can be accessed at https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/knowledge_base/sport_participation/community_participation/sport_participation_in_australia
In August 2016, The Monthly published a comment by Waleed Aly titled 'Gold is good:
The Olympics, Sport and National Pride'
The opinion piece defends the value of nationalism, competitivism and state funding in relation to the Olympic Games.
The full text can be accessed at https://www.themonthly.com.au/gold-good-waleed-aly-6167
On August 22, 2016, The Conversation published a comment and analysis by Jason Potts, Professor of Economics, RMIT University; Patrik Wikström; Principal Research Fellow: Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology and Stuart Cunningham
Stuart Cunningham, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology.
The comment and analysis is titled 'The price of victory: comparing the cost of Olympic gold to an elite arts prize'
The article compares the cost to the taxpayer supporting the arts in Australia relative to the cost of supporting Olympic athletes.
The full text can be accessed at https://theconversation.com/the-price-of-victory-comparing-the-cost-of-olympic-gold-to-an-elite-arts-prize-64159
On August 22, 2016, The Guardian published a comment and analysis by Paul Connelly titled 'Australia's well-planned, well-funded Olympic over-achievement is finished'
The article argues that with dramatic increases in government and other sports sponsorship in countries wealthier than Australia, Australia may never again achieve the medal victories it has in past Olympics.
The full text can be accessed at https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/22/australias-well-planned-well-funded-olympic-over-achievement-is-finished
On August 21, 2016, Eureka Street published a comment by Michael McVeigh titled 'Luckily for Australia, winning really isn't everything'
The opinion piece promotes Olympic ideals other than competitive success.
The full text can be accessed at https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=49772#.WBVYBsknL7V
On August 19, 2016 The Daily published a report titled 'Rio Olympics 2016: Australian medals cost taxpayers $20m each'
The report estimates the probable cost to the taxpayer per medal and also notes that despite the expense surveys have indicated popular support for continued funding.
The report can be accessed at http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/rio-olympics-2016/2016/08/19/rio-medals-australia/
August 14, 2016, The Daily Mail published a report titled 'Is it worth it? Australia's eight medals so far in the Olympic pool in Rio have cost us $5million EACH - as it's revealed taxpayers forked out a massive $40million on the swimming program'
The article is critical of the Australian swimmers relative lack of success given the extent of the taxpayer investment in their performance.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3738757/40Million-taxpayer-funds-spend-Australian-Olympic-program-past-four-years-worth-it.html
On January 11, 2016, The Australian Olympic Committee published an opinion piece titled 'Rio means much more than medals'
The comment stresses the advantages that Olympic competition supplies beyond the possibility of winning.
The full text of this comment can be accessed at http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/rio-means-much-more-than-medals
On July 31, 2012, Eureka Street published a comment by Fatima Measham titled 'What's the point of the Olympics?'
The opinion piece is critical of the contemporary corruption of Olympic ideals.
The full text can be accessed at https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=32551#.WBVg7MknL7V
