Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Opinion
Paris 2024
When the Games come to Brisvegas, we’ll have a Raygun up our sleeves
Sure, Brissy doesn’t have the same je ne sais quoi as Paris, but what it lacks in iconography it makes up for in spirit, and I’m not talking about Bundaberg Rum.
- by Lizzy Hoo
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Paris 2024
‘The Games weren’t going to happen’: Coates on terror threats, gender wars and IOC politics
The long-serving Olympics official ends his tenure this month.
- by Andrew Webster
Perspective
Olympic bid
The Brisbane Olympics are eight years away. Time for a reality check
Progress has been thwarted by decisions and (healthy) debate, but has it meant we’ve lost our way? Can we still leverage the Games for the city’s wellbeing?
- by Courtney Kruk
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Olympics
Save the Games for sports whose zenith is the Olympics
The sports that should be celebrated at the Games are those whose athletes have a singular goal – Olympic gold.
- by Cameron Atfield
Another Brisbane 2032 venue set to go out for tender
Another 2032 Games venue has made it through the project validation phase, clearing the way for work to begin on the $205m Moreton Bay Indoor Sports Centre.
- by Cameron Atfield
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.
- by Sean Parnell
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Road to Brisbane 2032
With Coates clause, Olympic supremos build influence on Brisbane 2032
Olympic powerbroker John Coates has been joined as a vice president of the Brisbane organising committee by AOC president Ian Chesterman under new Queensland law.
- by Chris Barrett
Games village no longer earmarked for social housing
The keys to a major Brisbane 2032 athletes’ village won’t be handed to the homeless before the Games after a Queensland government back-step.
- by Savannah Meacham
$115,000 a seat: The big cost of a small stadium for Brisbane 2032
The Miles government plans to spend $1.6 billion upgrading QSAC, but it has emerged more money will be needed for the stadium to host athletics at the Games.
- by Cameron Atfield
‘Brisbane is not a hillbilly town’: Olympics boss says 2032 Games are ahead of schedule
Andrew Liveris has moved to reassure Olympic stakeholders in Paris that Brisbane 2032 will deliver a spectacular Games.
- by Chip Le Grand
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Perspective
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi! Oi! Oh boy… make it stop
Australian sport fans have the opportunity to come up with something more inspiring than ‘Oi! Oi! Oi!’ before Brisbane 2032.
- by Cameron Atfield