The group now has 100 days to complete their review and hand it to the government,with a draft due at least 14 days before that.Credit:File,LinkedIn,Supplied
What they said
In a statement,Crisafulli said:“This is day 1 of 100 in fixing the Games chaos and locking in a plan for the world’s biggest event … after three years of false starts.”
“This is seven of the best and brightest that are beyond reproach,and they’re not going to hand[in] a report and then run away,” he earlier told a News Corp Future Brisbane panel event.
“They are going to be there to drive it and see it through. And so within 100 days,you are going to have a clear picture.”
Crisafulli also revealed the terms of reference for the review the group would lead,ensuring the right venues were in the right places,and transport connections between them worked.
And that all of this provided a legacy benefit for Queenslanders under an existing $7.1 billion joint 50:50 funding package with the federal government,also in scope of thee review.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner,who appeared alongside Crisafulli on the panel,later said in a statement the move would be “the catalyst” for the Games “all Queenslanders could be proud of”.
A spokesperson for Schrinner said he supported the appointments and the decision of the state to go it alone on them,but confirmed he had been consulted about them before Friday.
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Another perspective
Anika Wells,the Brisbane-based federal Labor government’s Sports Minister,also appeared on the panel.
Asked about the appointments,she said her government had “just learned these names” but looked forward to working with them.
“It’s really important ... as a 50:50 partner in the games,that we are contributing,collaborating and being consulted on these important things.”