Rocky vs Goldy: Rowing row set to ignite over Olympic venue
Mayor Tom Tate has met with authorities to rubber stamp the Gold Coast’s Hinze Dam as an Olympic rowing venue – instead of a controversial Rockhampton river.
Olympic stadiums
Named: Man behind Queen’s Wharf to deliver 17 Brisbane Games venues
The man who led one of the biggest projects in Brisbane’s history has been tasked with the daunting prospect of delivering 17 new and upgraded venues for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
‘Seven years to go’: World’s best called in to transform Victoria Park
The world’s best architects will be given a blank canvas to create an Olympic Games precinct in Brisbane to rival those that transformed Sydney and London.
Brisbane’s new aquatic centre explodes to double original forecast cost
The new cost of Brisbane’s National Aquatic Centre will be nearly double the price it was forecast just five months ago, despite revelations the proposal had not differed significantly.
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$550m blowout as cost of 2032 Games aquatic centre explodes
Building Brisbane’s National Aquatic Centre will cost $1.2bn – almost double the price forecast by Swimming Australia when it was first proposed.
Where tradies are needed to fill 55k shortfall ahead of Olympic build boom
Queensland is staring down the barrel of an astonishing labour shortage when the Olympic Games building blitz begins next year.
Wanted: 55k extra workers to build Brisbane’s Olympic Games
Queensland’s Olympic labour force shortfall presents an amazing opportunity for a career in construction, writes the editor.
First Games blowout exposed as showman plays us for suckers
The Deputy Premier loves the spotlight, but those paying close attention as he updated media on the Delivery Plan for the Olympic and Paralympic Games also learnt he quite enjoys a gaslight, too, writes the editor.
$7.1bn pact finally kick-starts work on Brisbane’s Olympic stadium
The first work on Brisbane’s centrepiece Victoria Park stadium will begin next week as the state and federal governments strike a new $7.1bn venues funding agreement.
Huge Olympics milestone as leaked docs blow open Games plan
A new agreement over the use of $2.5bn of federal funds originally allocated to Brisbane Arena has been made, as major milestones are reached and leaked documents reveal details of 2032 proposals.
Last piece of the puzzle that makes our new stadium viable
The biggest attraction of the original plan for a new stadium at the Gabba was the Cross River Rail station just across the road. This new one makes Victoria Park work, writes the editor.
Bleijie’s Indigenous ultimatum: Get on board or stay out of the way
Jarrod Bleijie has told Indigenous advocates Victoria Park Stadium will be going ahead no matter what, and he’s given them two options.
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