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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

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Former Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said governments “might have missed the boat” on delivering key transport legacies from the Olympic Games.

Former lord mayor questions 2032 transport legacy as new stadium looms

Cabinet will on Monday reconsider his proposal for a stadium at Victoria Park, but Graham Quirk says public transport should have been the Games legacy.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Paddington councillor Seal Chong Wah has accused an LNP ‘cabal’ of pushing Victoria Park.

Greens councillor claims LNP ‘cabal’ plotting to build Victoria Park stadium

The first-term councillor made the claim after Brisbane’s lord mayor insisted the park be included in the government’s 100-day Olympic venue review.

  • Cameron Atfield
Then-lord mayor Graham Quirk in 2016, when the plan to secure the Olympics was in its infancy.

Quirk warns Brisbane will be judged by state of 2032 Games venues

Former Brisbane lord mayor Graham Quirk believes the economic benefit of hosting the Games will only come if the city can show off “modern, contemporary” venues.

  • Sean Parnell
John Coates has agreed to appear before a Senate inquiry into Brisbane’s preparedness to host the 2032 Olympics.

John Coates has change of heart, agrees to inquiry appearance

Australian Olympic supremo John Coates has been listed to appear before a Senate inquiry into Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic Games preparations, after previously declining an offer to provide evidence at Wednesday’s hearing.

  • Cameron Atfield
John Coates has refused to appear before a Senate inquiry into Australia’s preparedness to host the 2032 Games,

Olympics supremo John Coates refuses to appear at Brisbane 2032 Senate inquiry

The architect of the state government’s plan to use QSAC as Brisbane’s main Olympic stadium has refused an invitation to appear before a Senate inquiry to explain his stance.

  • Cameron Atfield
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Brisbane’s Albion Park Raceway, pictured in 2017, is set to be redeveloped after the Queensland government agreed to move the planned Brisbane Indoor Sport Centre.

Albion Park set for major redevelopment after getting out of the Games

Albion Park was going to have an Olympic stadium, then an indoor sport centre, but will at least keep its racetrack under a planned redevelopment of the inner-city site.

  • Sean Parnell
The clock is ticking on Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games plan after the masterplan was changed by Premier Steven Miles this week.

If these are the Games Brisbane will deliver, perhaps it’s not worth it

Premier Steven Miles has picked the worst of the available Olympic stadium options – and it’s not going to save taxpayers a whole lot of money.

  • Cameron Atfield
QSAC has sat mostly empty since 2003, when it was still called ANZ Stadium.

Miles rejects Victoria Park stadium plan, dusts off Commonwealth Games venue instead

The Miles government has sensationally rejected the signature recommendation of the Quirk review into Olympic venues, instead choosing a $1.6 billion refurbishment of the old QEII Stadium at Nathan, which would save taxpayers money but leave a lasting legacy of just 14,000 seats.

  • Cameron Atfield
The cost of bringing the Gabba up to code was estimated at $1 billion.

$2.6 billion: The cost of gaining nothing from the Olympic Games

The cost of a new Brisbane Olympic stadium at Victoria Park has been estimated at $3.4 billion, but the cheapest option presented to the Queensland government was just $800 million less. Read the full report.

  • Cameron Atfield

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