“You don’t know the protocols,I think it’s a very important lesson for everyone here,” he said.

“Opening ceremonies cost in the order of $75 million to $100 million,it’s a major exercise for any organising committee... It’s my very strong recommendation that the Premier and the lord mayor and the minister be there and understand it.”

On breakfast TV this morning,Ms Palaszczuk repeated that she was not going to “offend anyone”,indicating her position was softening on accepting the VIP invitation to Friday night’s event.

“I’m certainly not going to offend John Coates,nor am I going to offend (International Olympic Committee president) Thomas Bach,who’s just awarded us the Olympics and I’ll leave that to them,but there is an expectation now that all three of us attend,” she toldToday.

“So it would be the federal minister representing the Commonwealth,it would be the lord mayor representing Brisbane,and myself representing Brisbane,and myself representing the state of Queensland.”

The Premier told ABC Radio Brisbane that Mr Coates was “laying down the law” and “I’m just going to do what John Coates said”.

Federal Sports Minister Richard Colbeck confirmed he would be at the opening ceremony.

“In my view,we’ve just been awarded the biggest sporting event on the planet,[and] my view,being here I should attend the opening ceremony – so I will be,” he said.

On Wednesday night,Brisbane was declared thehost city for the 2032 Olympic Games,making it the third time the global event has been held in Australia.

- with Daniella White and Jocelyn Garcia