Before a new plan is released for Brisbane 2032,we revisit the captain’s calls,debate and indecision that has marked the search for a Games centrepiece.
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has urged residents in low-lying suburbs at risk of flooding to consider evacuating.
Queensland’s sports minister has encouraged competitive tension between Brisbane and the Gold Coast over which city should host 2032 Olympic and Paralympic swimming.
The Labor council opposition is set to back Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner’s proposal to reduce car park requirements for more high-density inner-city developments.
Adrian Schrinner says the former premier politicised Brisbane’s Olympic bid,excluding council from talks and blindsiding it on key decisions.
Barely a decade after Brisbane City Council installed a shade canopy in Fortitude Valley’s Chinatown Mall,it was considered in too poor a condition to remain.
When the month-old government named its expert team to put Brisbane back on track for 2032,some Olympic stakeholders were hearing about it for the first time.
The Brisbane City Council has promised to launch permanent Metro services through the CBD from late January,due to a “landmark” deal with the state government.
Amid mounting contradictions and accusations of lying,Brisbane City Council insists an early Metro rollout was always going to end.
A much-hyped partial start to Brisbane City Council’s $1.4 billion Metro bus project has ended just one month after it began,causing opposition concern.