Road to Brisbane 2032
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City council
New Brisbane cycling venue on track to foster Olympic stars
The long ride to Brisbane Olympic glory could well begin in Murarrie, with the city council committing to a new cycle centre in the city’s east.
- by Cameron Atfield
Latest
Leaders, elders want Brisbane Games to be ‘lighthouse’ for First Nations
Brisbane’s 2032 Games should be a “lighthouse” to elevate First Nations culture, the Games board chair declares, while Brisbane-based MP Anika Wells heads up the federal sport ministry.
- by Tony Moore
M1 accident shows where money must go on the road to Games: Lord Mayor
Adrian Schrinner says having infrastructure keep pace with population growth is one of the reasons south-east Queensland pitched for the 2032 Olympics.
- by Tony Moore
Brisbane won Olympics ‘only because federal govt came to the party’: Morrison
The Prime Minister also said the federal government was “there before the Queensland government was there”, referring to Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic Games bid.
- by Cloe Read
Perkins says politics best left at the door as funding talks begin
The new CEO of the Australian Sports Commission says he couldn’t care less about politics and wants to deliver, not deliberate, when it comes to funding sport.
- by Phil Lutton
‘I should not have taken my partner’: Premier sorry after Olympic backlash
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk called a press conference to apologise following days of criticism over bringing her partner to what she called an informal meeting.
- by Cloe Read
New AOC boss Chesterman vows to take on football codes for Olympic talent
Ian Chesterman was elected AOC president on Saturday and he wants a war chest to ensure elite talent pursues Olympic sports, instead of AFL or NRL, ahead of Brisbane 2032.
- by Phil Lutton
As John Coates steps down, two things make him ‘very proud’
John Coates says he may have been “robust” on occasions but the outgoing AOC president makes no apologies as he ends his three decades in charge.
- by Phil Lutton
Let the Games begin: Plans finalised for key Olympic, community sites
An inner-city industrial site and bayside land long coveted by developers have been secured for the 2032 Olympic Games.
- by Tony Moore
Coates backs IOC’s transgender policy, says no blanket answer to issue
Olympic supremo John Coates says athletes “shouldn’t be changing their body” to compete and rebuked the notion of an over-arching policy on transgender sport.
- by Phil Lutton
Exclusive
Swimming
Titmus v Ledecky: It’s on again, and in Sydney
Olympic greats Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel could headline Team USA against a stacked Australian squad as the Duel in the Pool gets set for a Sydney return.
- by Phil Lutton