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Andrew Liveris, president of the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee.

New Olympics board will consider rowing alternatives

Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games organisers will explore contingencies should the governing bodies for rowing and canoe decide the planned Fitzroy River course in Rockhampton is unsuitable for competition.

  • Cameron Atfield

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Rowing on the Fitzroy River in Rockhampton

Review set to start on Rockhampton Olympic rowing venue

A technical review of the Fitzroy River Olympic rowing venue is about to begin, as another expert expresses concern about river currents affecting competition integrity.

  • Cameron Atfield
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
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
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
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Josie Lehmann and Isla Eade train in Blackwattle Bay.

‘Like putting a highway across a park’: The problem with the fish market ferry plan

Sydney’s rowers and kayakers are worried about being run over by ferries.

  • Megan Gorrey
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  • Elli Jacobs
Rowing Australia CEO Sarah Cook.

Olympic sports make 11th-hour bid for 2032 legacy

Olympic sports have made last-ditch appeals ahead of the Queensland government’s response to the independent 100-day infrastructure review being signed off by state cabinet on Monday.

  • Cameron Atfield
Melbourne Grammar student Edward Millear.

‘A gift, an angel’: Teen rower Edward Millear’s loved ones say a heartbreaking goodbye

“Ed had wisdom and kindness beyond his years and a way with people that endeared him to them,” said his father, Spencer.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola

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