Road to Brisbane 2032
Opposition blasts Brisbane City Council’s Paris 2024 travel bill
The council’s civic cabinet, chaired by Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner, approved travel for two councillors and three senior council officers to go to Paris for a total cost of $123,500.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Without extra lead time, IOC would be ‘pretty nervous’ about Brisbane 2032
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says the organisation would have been “pretty nervous” about Brisbane’s preparations for the 2032 Games had the city been given hosting rights under the previous selection process.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Victoria Park could save us $1.1b, so it deserves better than premier’s short shrift
If the costs stack up, and there would be no net loss of green space, then Victoria Park is an absolute no-brainer.
- by Cameron Atfield
‘I’ve broken every bone’: Aussie skateboarder’s biggest challenge ahead of Paris 2024
At 21, Gold Coast raised Keegan Palmer has a long list of achievements and almost as many injuries.
- by Josh Bavas
Hole lotta love could turn this quarry into a ‘South Bank’ by 2032
An internationally prominent urban planner believes a plan to rejuvenate Mount Coot-tha Quarry should be a project of state significance. And it can be ready by the Olympics, he says.
- by Tony Moore
Govt has ‘eroded’ Brisbane’s 11-year Olympic runway: Paris ’24 and LA ’28 consultant
There’s time to get the Games right, he says, but Brisbane’s advantage from an 11-year lead-up has been affected by the lack of an independent delivery authority.
- by Cameron Atfield
Tennis bosses court Games organisers for more nets in Brisbane
With the Brisbane International regularly selling out, an expected 44 per cent more matches for the Olympics could be too much for the Queensland Tennis Centre.
- by Tony Moore
Victoria Park an Olympic hurdle as Coates, mayors, architect grilled on Games
Australian Olympic supremo John Coates says if Brisbane were to build a new Victoria Park stadium, it should not be considered a Games-related cost.
- by Cameron Atfield
John Coates has change of heart, agrees to inquiry appearance
Australian Olympic supremo John Coates has been listed to appear before a Senate inquiry into Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic Games preparations, after previously declining an offer to provide evidence at Wednesday’s hearing.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Olympic powerbroker needs to front Senate inquiry
Other than the premier, nobody has shouldered the responsibility for the state government’s bizarre decision to host the Olympic Games at a school athletics carnival venue more than John Coates.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Olympics supremo John Coates refuses to appear at Brisbane 2032 Senate inquiry
The architect of the state government’s plan to use QSAC as Brisbane’s main Olympic stadium has refused an invitation to appear before a Senate inquiry to explain his stance.
- by Cameron Atfield