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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

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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
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
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Monday.

Crisafulli flags budget infrastructure spend ‘like never before’

On top of a record infrastructure splurge, the premier is “sublimely confident” he can soon reach an Olympic funding deal with the federal government.

  • Cameron Atfield
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
Victoria Park’s city views were cited in the Environment Department’s recommendation for heritage listed.

Heritage protection recommended for Victoria Park, but stadium to go ahead

The state Environment Department has recommended all of Victoria Park be heritage listed, despite the government’s plan for a 63,000-seat Olympic stadium.

  • Cameron Atfield
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Visy’s South Brisbane glass manufacturing site has been secured for the 2032 Olympics international broadcast centre.

Lord Mayor says new Visy site plans still allow for ‘South Bank 2.0’

Brisbane LNP Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has backed in his state party colleagues’ plans for the riverside Visy recycling factory at South Brisbane, despite being a vocal supporter of the former Labor government’s now-abandoned vision for the site.

  • Cameron Atfield
Near the spot a new stadium is planned for the 2032 Olympics and beyond at Victoria Park in Brisbane.

Olympic legislation to steamroll planning laws

Opponents of Brisbane 2032 Olympic venues planned for inner-city Victoria Park have vowed to keep up the fight, as the Queensland government introduced legislation on Thursday designed to steamroll planning laws that could hold up the projects.

  • Cameron Atfield
Deputy Premier Jarrad Bleijie has (clockwise from top left) approved a 479-unit development at Indooroopilly, and a 440-unit development at Woolloongabba, but proposed blocking a 73-unit development at Redland Bay and blocked a 40-unit development at Tewantin.

The 11 projects set to alter power balance between state and councils

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has blocked the first housing development in his review of projects fast-tracked by the former state Labor government.

  • Sean Parnell
The Queensland government has taken the first step towards allowing the redevelopment of farmland north of Brisbane.

State clears the way for farmland on Brisbane fringe to be developed

The Crisafulli government has lifted a ban on the development of farmland in one of several future growth corridors, as it finalises plans for a new motorway.

  • Sean Parnell

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