Will Brisbane outstrip Sydney 2000’s gold medal performance as an Olympic host or are the past three years of indecision a sign of further delays for the River City’s proposed venues? Vote in our poll.
Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has given his strongest signal Labor’s plan for QSAC to be the centrepiece of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics will be dead if the LNP wins government.
Brisbane’s Olympic Games head start has slipped through its fingers and the city must move quickly to avoid squandering its opportunity, the city’s Lord Mayor says.
Brisbane 2032 had the longest runway for any summer Olympics in history. We’ve let that advantage slip away, writes Adrian Schrinner.
State Development Minister Grace Grace says popular proposals for a new stadium ahead of the 2032 Olympics have been disregarded by the government because they haven’t addressed “one key problem”.
The risk-averse state government is taking Queenslanders for mugs with its new excuses about why Brisbane can’t have a world-class round stadium, writes the editor.
The group that brought Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney to Australia has backed calls for a new Olympic stadium for Brisbane.
The decisions on appropriate infrastructure for Queensland’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032 should be left to people who know what they are talking about, writes the editor.
Brisbane risks embarrassing Australia on the world stage in 2032 if it sticks with a lacklustre no-frills athletics stadium in the suburbs, an Olympic great has warned.
AFL great Jason Akermanis has unloaded on 2032 Olympic Games officials and urged the government to “get on with it”.
Playing on its hallowed turf throughout a storied career hasn’t affected Allan Border’s opinion of what needs doing with the Gabba.
This is our permanent future if we persist with the State Government’s plan, writes the editor.
Steven Miles and David Crisafulli should call each other and agree to put the future of Queensland ahead of what is an unnecessary political standoff, writes the editor.
Steven Miles has vowed to serve athletes Qld steak following outcry over the vegan meal options offered in Paris, as new renders of the Hamilton village were released. FIRST LOOK
Just as Paris’ debates and controversies have faded into the distance, the disagreements about Brisbane’s preparations will be overtaken and forgotten by the spectacle in 2032, writes Steven Miles.
Our reporters in Queensland and France taste test food outlets near Brisbane’s no-frills Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre and Olympic’s venue Stade de France. WATCH THE VIDEO
A legendary Olympian has implored Brisbane Games organisers not to “nickel and dime” athletes when they finally agree on their main venues for 2032.
There are growing concerns Brisbane will fail to live up to the incredible honour bestowed upon it, writes the editor.
Just hours after the Paris 2024 Olympic opening ceremony concluded, attention turned to the Brisbane River and its suitability. VOTE IN OUR POLL
As the state government and Opposition trade blows over the QSAC Olympic stadium option, it’s been revealed the controversial choice could threaten the Games’ viability.
It’s been labelled an Olympic bungle of gold medal proportions – but what are the cases for and against each stadium proposal? HOW YOU VOTED
The planned Brisbane 2032 Olympic stadium has one shaded grandstand, a decrease from the current two at QSAC and from the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.
Andrew Liveris says negativity about the 2032 Games was sparked by the government’s decision to pander to ‘a vocal minority’ and axe plans to rebuild the Gabba.
The initial $1bn price tag for the Gabba redevelopment was based on absolutely nothing, Director-General of Premier and Cabinet Mike Kaiser has revealed.
A legendary athletics coach who ended his illustrious career after a “scary” fall at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre has penned a scathing letter to politicians calling for it to be scrapped as an Olympic venue.
One William St became a “sombre” Olympic hotbed as Games heavyweights descended on government headquarters where the Premier was told he had “lost control of the narrative”. WHAT UNFOLDED
The guru behind Sydney’s Olympic Stadium and the $280m redevelopment of Suncorp Stadium has urged the state government to think to 2050 and beyond and cater for a sports-hungry SEQ.
Olympics boss Andrew Liveris has conceded the transformational Victoria Park plan is “dead” and has urged AFL and cricket leaders to “speak up” about their needs for a new stadium.
Native forest home to endangered koalas would be bulldozed to make way for the state government’s controversial Olympic athletics stadium, and a Brisbane Labor councillor has added his voice to criticism of the move.
The Premier sought advice when the 2032 Games venues review was not going his way. We channel the great Clarke and Dawe to reveal the “transcript” of that conversation, based on this week’s revelations.
It’s a two-hour round trip to get to the Premier’s preferred stadium location in Nathan using public transport. Now we’ve compared it to the scrapped Victoria Park site. VIDEO
Brisbane’s Olympic flame is flickering like a tea light candle while Premier Steven Miles’ tired line is taking Queenslanders for mugs, writes State Political Editor Hayden Johnson.
Improving public transport to the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre would cost at least $400m, it can be revealed, amid new revelations the state government has little idea how it would be funded.
The gold medal dreams of Queensland’s Olympians could be destroyed by the demolition of their $10m state-of-the-art training centre.
After Premier Steven Miles decided to push ahead with a $1.6 billion upgrade to QSAC stadium in Brisbane’s south, the Courier-Mail decided to time the trip. SEE THE VIDEO.
John Coates and Graham Quirk have been requested to appear before a Senate Inquiry into Brisbane’s Olympics “circus”, as IOC supremos break their silence over the 2032 plans.
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