Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is positive about the bid,but says they are on a tight schedule and need the federal government to give guarantees.
The council’s decision will form part of the formal bid to host the games,to be presented to the International Olympic Committee next month. A decision could come as soon as July.
Brisbane City Council will hold its first extraordinary meeting in more than a decade next week to be briefed on confidential details of the 2032 Olympic Games pitch.
The funding model for sport in Australia is always a divisive topic and the pressure will be on to get it right leading into another home Olympics.
The backing from the International Olympic Committee of Brisbane as the likely city to host the 2032 Olympics is a heartening sign.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison,Olympic champion Cathy Freeman and IOC Vice-President John Coates were all involved in behind-the-scenes talks to get Brisbane its ‘preferred candidate’ status.
The site was identified in the International Olympics Committee documents released when the IOC announced the Queensland bid would have preferred status.
The IOC hasn’t ruled out having rowing and canoeing held in the harbour city under a plan that could result in just two new facilities being built in Queensland.
Australia has become the strong favourite to host the 2032 Olympics after the IOC gave it the status of its preferred bidder early on Thursday morning.
With the Queensland capital confirmed to be the IOC’s preferred bidder for the 2032 Games,lord mayor says,“We can’t let this go to waste”.
Brisbane has come of age since its previous bid to host the Olympic Games in the 1980s. However,the lord mayor says it needs a decade of infrastructure work to host the Games in 2032.