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Concept designs for the proposed 17,000-seat Brisbane Live arena at Roma Street. Artists impressions supplied by the Queensland government on December 16, 2019.

Federal funds for Brisbane Olympics stalled after arena shift

The Albanese government is still considering its $3.44 billion contribution to the 2032 Games, two months after its preferred project was removed from the venue plan.

  • Cameron Atfield

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Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi, cooridination committee chair Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, with Brisbane 2032 president Andrew Liveris and chief executive Cindy Hook addressing media at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday,

IOC backs in Victoria Park, as Brisbane 2032 organisers remain hopeful for arena

The Brisbane Olympics could go ahead without a new arena, but Games organisers remain hopeful the planned Woolloongabba venue will be ready in time to be in the mix for 2032.

  • Cameron Atfield
Perry Park’s 1960s-era grandstand packed to the rafters for a recent Brisbane Roar A-League Women match.

Perry Park upgrade expected to be agreed to in ‘near future’

Negotiations between Football Queensland and the state government over an upgrade to Perry Park may soon bear fruit, with hints from the Brisbane Roar its billionaire owners might be willing to help cover the cost.

  • Cameron Atfield
The Brisbane Stadium render released by the Queensland government this week.

Exact location of Victoria Park stadium yet to be decided

The final site of the 63,000-seat stadium within the park is still up in the air, with the design expected to be completed by mid-2027.

  • Cameron Atfield
The IOC’s Kit McConnell will take up the role of Brisbane 2032’s chief sport officer in July.

Brisbane 2032 poaches top IOC official in ‘huge coup’

Kit McConnell, who was appointed IOC sports director in 2013, will return home in July to take up the same role for the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games.

  • Cameron Atfield
Andrew Liveris, president of the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee, has backed the Victoria Park proposal.

Games boss backs in Victoria Park stadium

A new stadium at Victoria Park has received the backing of the man entrusted to lead the delivery of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.

  • Cameron Atfield
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Brisbane 2032 boss faces second day of scrutiny from senior Labor MPs

With political tensions high, Andrew Liveris has this week fronted a “networking event” hosted by federal LNP energy spokesman Ted O’Brien’s fundraising program.

  • Matt Dennien
Andrew Liveris speaks during a press conference in France ahead of the Paris Olympic Games in July.

Brisbane 2032 boss backs ‘right-size’ stadium, as LNP unloads on QSAC

Brisbane 2032 president Andrew Liveris has given his strongest comments yet on the future of plans that are all-but certain to be scrapped if the LNP wins power.

  • Matt Dennien and Cameron Atfield
Lili Mizuno of Team USA competes during Gymnastics - Rhythmic Ball at Parque Deportivo Estadio Nacional on Day 12 of Santiago 2023 Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.

The Games are a disaster, until they’re not: 10 things Brisbane can learn from Paris

It is unlikely we will see another Olympics staged with the panache of Paris 2024, but there is plenty for Brisbane to take away from the past two weeks.

  • Chip Le Grand
Cindy Hook and Brisbane 2032 President Andrew Liveris.

Brisbane 2032 CEO rebuked over call for people to ‘speak up’ for new stadium

Among his platitudes for Cindy Hook, the Brisbane Games chairman delivered a veiled reprimand of her comments.

  • Cameron Atfield

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