The Brisbane Olympics are eight years away. Time for a reality check

The Brisbane Olympics are eight years away. Time for a reality check

Progress has been thwarted by decisions and (healthy) debate,but has it meant we’ve lost our way? Can we still leverage the Games for the city’s wellbeing?

  • byCourtney Kruk

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Why those losing faith in the Brisbane Olympics should look to LA

Why those losing faith in the Brisbane Olympics should look to LA

Brisbane isn’t the only city to debate the cost of hosting the 16-day event while striving for a longer-term legacy outside of sporting venues.

  • byCourtney Kruk
From the Archives,1988:Melbourne and Sydney turn rivals in Olympic bid

From the Archives,1988:Melbourne and Sydney turn rivals in Olympic bid

In 1988,just hours after Melbourne released details of its proposal for the 1996 Olympic Games,the New South Wales Premier,Nick Greiner,announced Sydney would make a rivalling bid.

  • byJennifer McAsey
AOC prepares for new era after the challenges of Tokyo and Beijing

AOC prepares for new era after the challenges of Tokyo and Beijing

The Australian Olympic Committee will elect a president to replace the departing John Coates in April after navigating a tumultuous Olympic double act.

  • byPhil Lutton
Denver once did the unthinkable – it won the Olympics only to give it back

Denver once did the unthinkable – it won the Olympics only to give it back

Fifty years ago,a group of activists did the unthinkable – they made Denver give up the 1976 Winter Olympics,forcing the IOC to find another host city.

  • byLes Carpenter
Former Brazil Olympic supremo gets 30 years in jail for buying votes for Rio Games

Former Brazil Olympic supremo gets 30 years in jail for buying votes for Rio Games

Carlos Nuzman has been found guilty of corruption and other crimes. A former Rio governor and two other officials have also been sentenced.

  • byMauricio Savarese
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‘Good different’:Why Brisbane hopes to host the Aldi of Olympic Games

‘Good different’:Why Brisbane hopes to host the Aldi of Olympic Games

The Olympics are evolving in every sense. A city the size of Brisbane playing host is just the start. Organisers are being bold with their ideas for the 2032 showpiece.

  • byPhil Lutton
Businesses urge early insight into historic 4000-day Games project pipeline

Businesses urge early insight into historic 4000-day Games project pipeline

With an historic 11-year head start,economic and tourism experts have also warned more immediate benefits flowing from the Brisbane 2032 announcement would likely be from publicity alone.

  • byMatt Dennien andStuart Layt
Games legacies are far from clear but I’ll still be cheering on Brisbane 2032
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Games legacies are far from clear but I’ll still be cheering on Brisbane 2032

The economic return of the Brisbane Olympics will be at least controversial,yet the bottom line aspires to little that most of us value.

  • byGeoff Dickson
Coates reminds Queensland Premier who is in charge

Coates reminds Queensland Premier who is in charge

Among his extraordinary talents for navigating the born-to-rule bureaucracy of the IOC and bending the will of state and federal governments to his ends,John Coates has an Olympic-sized capacity for humiliation.

  • byChip Le Grand
Why I am grateful to John Coates (for his insulting treatment of Queensland’s most powerful woman)

Why I am grateful to John Coates (for his insulting treatment of Queensland’s most powerful woman)

For so long men have demeaned and degraded women,but too often it’s been invisible. The Australian Olympic Committee president,at least,has put it right out in the open.

  • byJenna Price