‘World wants Brisbane’: Bombshell claim reveals 2032 Games is ours to lose
Australian and international athletes and organisers are growing increasingly confident Brisbane will win the Olympics as Annastacia Palaszczuk jets off for the final pitch.
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Surveys reveal eight in 10 Japanese people are opposed to holding the games as rising Covid-19 cases plunge the country into its fourth State of Emergency.
Better than Sydney 2000: Premier’s secret weapon in final Olympics pitch
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will have a secret weapon when she makes her final pitch to secure the 2032 Olympic Games for Brisbane ahead of Wednesday’s vote. VOTE IN THE POLL
Tokyo Covid testing defended after shock village positive
Covid testing procedures have been fiercely defended after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were left on high alert following a case being recorded in the heart of the athletes village.
Exec bonuses, multimillion profit for Qld church after $74m JobKeeper payday
A Queensland church and its aged care organisation took in $74 million in taxpayer-funded JobKeeper payments during the pandemic – more than casino operator Star Entertainment.
Petition launches to make CHO’s lockdown emails public
The Chief Health Officer faces mounting calls to release the emails behind Queensland’s months-long border closure. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Paradise bulldozed: Straddie uproar over traditional owner’s brazen land clearing
Legal proceedings could be launched against a Straddie traditional landholder after dozens of trees were inexplicably bulldozed.
‘Obsession’: Name that won’t leave parliament
He’s compared himself to Harry Potter’s nemesis Voldemort, but the name of this former Queensland politician won’t leave one party’s lips after it was mentioned more than 3000 times.
‘Crucial’ deadline for border closure as Qld records no new local cases
Australia is watching NSW’s handling of its Covid-19 outbreak and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is monitoring whether to close the border.
Hospital named as new Covid exposure venue
Logan Hospital has been named as an exposure venue after a Covid-positive nurse visited there for 20 minutes. It comes as Queensland recorded no new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
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