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Gout Gout wins his boys’ under-18 heat in Queensland last year. SThe AOC expects athletes such as Gout will inspire more grassroots participation.

Seven years out, Queensland confident it can handle Games-inspired sports surge

With exactly seven years until our Olympic cauldron is lit, the state government says it is ready to accommodate an expected spike in sports participation.

  • Cameron Atfield

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Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee President Andrew Liveris (left) and Queensland Sport Minister Tim Mander at Tuesday’s business lunch.

Brisbane 2032 could bring a $70 billion windfall: Deloitte

Greater Brisbane alone stands to enjoy a $39.5 billion economic boost from the Olympics, but only if they act as a catalyst for reform, a new report says.

  • Cameron Atfield
Shelley Reys lost her place on the Brisbane 2032 Board.

Axed Brisbane Olympics board member says ‘nothing replaces’ Indigenous representation

Greg Norman is among those appointed to the revised board despite losing a nomination from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last month.

  • Frances Howe
Lake Kurwongbah, just north of Brisbane, has been suggested as the 2032 Olympic rowing venue.

Rowers prefer new Olympic site, as premier digs in over Rockhampton

World Rowing has backed further investigation of a potential Olympic course near Brisbane, but the premier will not budge from his Rockhampton plans.

  • Cameron Atfield
Brisbane 2032 Olympic rowing graphic.

Rocky waters ahead for Brisbane 2032’s Olympic rowing plan

The LNP has doubled – and tripled – down on its decision to host Olympic rowing on Rockhampton’s Fitzroy River, but there could be choppy waters ahead for the plan.

  • Cameron Atfield
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie and federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King exchanging letters of intent in Brisbane on Thursday.

Brisbane Games board takes shape as golfing legend loses seat

Half of the organising board for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics will be axed, with gender and diversity rules thrown out, as nominations reopen.

  • Frances Howe
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The abandoned plan for the Brisbane Arena at Roma Street.

Arena Olympic guarantee as new federal funding deal reached

The new Gabba Arena will be under construction next year, the deputy premier promised on Thursday as a new intergovernmental funding agreement was announced.

  • Cameron Atfield
Anika Wells and Tim Mander at QSAC on Thursday.

New Brisbane Olympics funding deal likely within weeks

The decision to axe a CBD arena plan and build a new stadium at Victoria Park has forced funding arrangements for the 2032 Brisbane games to be renegotiated.

  • William Davis
Retired Olympic canoeist Alyce Wood at QSAC on Thursday.

Why these women believe today is ‘massive for sport in Australia’

The Australian Institute of Sport has announced a new national guide for sporting organisations to support pregnant athletes, and those planning to have children.

  • William Davis
Abandoned Brisbane 2032 venue projects.

Brisbane’s abandoned 2032 Olympic Games

A new arena, rowing on Wyaralong, a colourful QSAC and Suncorp Stadium upgrades – Brisbane Times has uncovered some of the 2032 Olympics’ unrealised Games vision.

  • Cameron Atfield

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