Quirk warns Brisbane will be judged by state of 2032 Games venues

Quirk warns Brisbane will be judged by state of 2032 Games venues

Former Brisbane lord mayor Graham Quirk believes the economic benefit of hosting the Games will only come if the city can show off “modern,contemporary” venues.

  • bySean Parnell

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With Coates clause,Olympic supremos build influence on Brisbane 2032

With Coates clause,Olympic supremos build influence on Brisbane 2032

Olympic powerbroker John Coates has been joined as a vice president of the Brisbane organising committee by AOC president Ian Chesterman under new Queensland law.

  • byChris Barrett
Dropping Olympic boxing would be ‘a crime against humanity’

Dropping Olympic boxing would be ‘a crime against humanity’

The future of boxing as an Olympic sport beyond Paris is still in doubt – a prospect that Australian boxers and medal hopes Harry Garside,Caitlin Parker and Teremoana Teremoana say they find “honestly terrifying”.

  • byKonrad Marshall
Games village no longer earmarked for social housing

Games village no longer earmarked for social housing

The keys to a major Brisbane 2032 athletes’ village won’t be handed to the homeless before the Games after a Queensland government back-step.

  • bySavannah Meacham
$115,000 a seat:The big cost of a small stadium for Brisbane 2032

$115,000 a seat:The big cost of a small stadium for Brisbane 2032

The Miles government plans to spend $1.6 billion upgrading QSAC,but it has emerged more money will be needed for the stadium to host athletics at the Games.

  • byCameron Atfield
‘Brisbane is not a hillbilly town’:Olympics boss says 2032 Games are ahead of schedule

‘Brisbane is not a hillbilly town’:Olympics boss says 2032 Games are ahead of schedule

Andrew Liveris has moved to reassure Olympic stakeholders in Paris that Brisbane 2032 will deliver a spectacular Games.

  • byChip Le Grand
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Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oi! Oi! Oh boy… make it stop

Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oi! Oi! Oh boy… make it stop

Australian sport fans have the opportunity to come up with something more inspiring than ‘Oi! Oi! Oi!’ before Brisbane 2032.

  • byCameron Atfield
‘So ocker,so good’:Brisbane 2032 marks eight years to go with chant push

‘So ocker,so good’:Brisbane 2032 marks eight years to go with chant push

Brisbane’s Olympic organisers are pushing a new social media campaign to flood the internet with the famous “Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oi! Oi! Oi!” chant.

  • byCameron Atfield
First look at Brisbane’s no-frills Olympic stadium

First look at Brisbane’s no-frills Olympic stadium

Unusually for a summer Olympics,Brisbane 2032 will be held in the middle of winter. The planned stadium will not provide much cover for spectators.

  • byCameron Atfield
Football Queensland releases Bowen Hills stadium vision

Football Queensland releases Bowen Hills stadium vision

Football Queensland has unveiled its vision for a dedicated stadium in Brisbane to be built at the sport’s spiritual home at Perry Park.

  • byCameron Atfield
Fears of another Commonwealth Games-style embarrassment as world champs left ‘high and dry’

Fears of another Commonwealth Games-style embarrassment as world champs left ‘high and dry’

Volleyball Australia counts the nation’s richest person Gina Rinehart among its major backers,but a lack of government funding risks the nation having to spike another global sporting event.

  • byChris Barrett