David Crisafulli must front up and tell Queenslanders his plan for the Brisbane Olympics

Opposition Leader David Crisafulli had an opportunity to pounce and capitalise by outlining the LNP’s alternative Olympics plan, but instead his response was baffling, writes Kylie Lang.

As the state government excels at wasting even more time getting on with building what we need for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the response of Opposition Leader David Crisafulli is baffling.

With Premier Steven Miles saying IOC heavyweight John Coates made me do it – “it” being ignoring the sensible findings of Graham Quirk’s 60-day review (at taxpayers’ expense) and pushing on with renovating the tired Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (QSAC) – you’d think Mr Crisafulli would pounce.

It has been a tough week for Queensland Premier Steven Miles following the by-election drubbings. Picture: Dan Peled

The Premier is looking weaker by the day – with Labor’s drubbing in West Ipswich and Inala electorates on the weekend and polls indicating he will lose his job come October – so the LNP should be stepping up but instead it’s vacillating.

Mr Crisafulli has declined to state his precise position on the Games with respect to controversial and costly infrastructure.

Queenslanders want answers because if the LNP wins government it will be steering the proverbial ship for at least the next four years.

Labor has already wasted three years – so the next four are even more critical.

Yesterday, Mr Crisafulli left it to his deputy Jarrod Bleijie to front the media in response to Mr Miles’s bizarre decision to shun Mr Quirk’s review and push on with previous $1.6bn stadium plans.

Mr Bleijie said he supported an “independent infrastructure delivery authority” to make future calls – which amounts to the LNP going back to the drawing board if Labor’s “plans” are shelved.

Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli should tell Queenslanders his plans for the Brisbane Olympic Games, says Kylie Lang. Picture Lachie Millard

The fact is we should always have had such an authority.

Former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s refusal to do so is an ugly hangover of her arrogant reign.

But we are where we are – and now, more than ever, we need leadership, not rhetoric.

Mr Bleijie said: “We’re going to make sure Queenslanders have confidence in the process that we have not seen under the Labor government” and that ours “will be the envy of any Olympic and Paralympic Games around the world”.

OK. So now we need David Crisafulli to tell us exactly how this is going to be achieved.

Trusting “in the process” hasn’t served us well so far and it won’t going forward.