Plans for venues for 2032 SE Qld Olympics have been revolving.
A taxpayer-funded review suggested a new stadium in Brisbane.
Government bureaucrats had been quietly working on other plans.
Experts on a taxpayer-funded review into 2032 Olympic stadiums – whose key recommendations were immediately junked – were unaware bureaucrats had worked for weeks on rival plans, an inquiry has heard.
“It was a complete blindsiding for us,” Graham Quirk, head of the review panel, told the Senate inquiry into preparations for the Olympics and Paralympics on Wednesday.
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