A former Roar coach says his “blood was boiling” at the news of construction of a new AFLW stadium in Ipswich,believing Queensland soccer was overlooked.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she plans to go to Tokyo to make the final bid to secure the Olympics as long as there isn’t a local virus outbreak.
Brisbane’s bid for the 2032 Olympics faces one of its final hurdles this week as the city edges closer to an official reveal on the eve of the Tokyo Games.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk this week told a three-day ‘Zoom’ meeting with the Olympic Future Host Commission ‘there is no firmer friend than a Queenslander’.
If successful,the multi-city Summer Games would be the first in history,after the bidding rules were tweaked in 2019.
The Prime Minister’s Queensland representative on the 2032 Olympics bid says a joint infrastructure body will run the ruler closely over any plans before approving them.
Taxation,security and visa arrangement guarantees from the federal government will be provided,Fairfax MP Ted O’Brien from the Olympics Steering Committee said.
Brisbane football fans’ dreams for a boutique football stadium could finally be realised,with the help of another Olympic sport.
Demographer Mark McCrindle has told a Brisbane business summit Australia’s border closures could hold a silver lining for major infrastructure and housing projects.
While the federal government awaits details of the $1b Gabba overhaul,Brisbane’s lord mayor has called for an authority similar to one that helped drive the Sydney Olympics to oversee 2032 Games projects.
Asked if the historic Brisbane stadium would be “essentially demolished”,Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszcuk said it would “and there will not be a bad seat”.