News Gabba Upgrade & Olympics News

[Elixuh]

then who we gonna tax to pay for all the aged and new-wave "disability" pensions and prop up the NDIS rorts?

Gas and mining

 

[rye]

Too much migration. Only allow 1 in 50 international students to stay. Don't allow unlimited migration from NZ. Cap it at 20k a year if we need to.

yeah lets cut immigration and be taxed out the ass when the population pyramid inverts. i cant wait to pay 70% income tax so a boomer with 5 investment properties can retain the pension.

 

[Perrip]

Seems a bit odd to only have seating on one side?

There's seating only on one side because it's styled on how Barcelona, host of the '92 Olympics, did their diving venue.

 

[Happy_Neale]

There's seating only on one side because it's styled on how Barcelona, host of the '92 Olympics, did their diving venue.
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Is that the Sagrada Familia? That looks fantastic to be honest

 

[Black Panther]

Surely this is just political financial bookkeeping funny buggers, but Bleijie claiming that Palachook/Giggles governments has failed to budget ($3.5 billion) for the cost of building the Olympic Villages

 

[Bucking Beads]

Surely Hamilton would be the best spot. Sure we need to build some infrastructure for transport but it is close to the trainline there so an extension is manageable. Land is flat and vacant. Could have a really nice Riverside Precinct for drinks before and after the games too.

 

[Section 5]

This is from Sky so take it as just another bash on Labor. Nothing unusual for Sky.

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/labor-con-job-queensland-government-reveals-35-billion-budget-black-hole-for-construction-of-olympic-village/news-story/24aedc980dd49176cac494c8a44c1600

The Crisafulli government’s 100-day infrastructure review has revealed the former Labor government allocated just $155 million for construction of Brisbane’s Olympic village, less than 1 per cent of the estimated funding required.
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What amount would they prefer budgeted for something that has not started yet and won't till 2027.
No one pays the builder of their dream home all the money up front just because they can.

The LNP are still in opposition mode and need to change quickly.
They should be worrying about costs blowouts on their watch not on what has yet to start/progress.
All the athletes' villages are hopefully costs neutral. That was the plan anyhow. Sell the assets after the Olympics.

Below from the official Q2032 gov site.
"After the Games, the village will provide new permanent dwellings for Southeast Queensland’s growing population.
The Brisbane Athletes Village will become a diverse riverfront housing development that includes social, retirement, key worker and build-to-rent accommodation, hotel stock and market housing."

The LNP can easily up the budgeted figure in the mid-year budget if they think it is warranted. Also change forward estimates. Thats the job of the new treasurer. Let's see what he actually does.
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On the 13/12/2024 an audit report on the Brisbane Olympic Games was tabled in the LNP led Parliament.
The auditors mentioned the villages, but no mention that money allocated was a concern.
No big money allocation with be in the budget until 2026/27 when construction is expected to start.
The budgeted money will increase as construction gets underway, peak then drop off towards the end.
Unless it ends up being a public/private deal.
See below one extract from the "Audit" as it is a long report.

Managing program interdependencies​

Many of the programs are interconnected. The completion or success of activities or initiatives is dependent on or impacts the completion or success of another. For example, transport infrastructure and planning must be designed to align with the sustainability and legacy objectives of the games. Entities need to identify these interdependencies and manage them effectively to prevent delays and conflicts.

We reviewed the interim briefs for each of the 10 programs and found that some captured appropriate detail about their dependency and impact on other programs. Others lacked detail about interdependency and impact. These are interim briefs, and the entities are still refining them. The games authority is currently developing a risk management framework to manage interdependencies effectively.

Progress on venues and villages​

The games authority has developed its construction timeline for the venues and villages and continues to update it as planning progresses. There are 37 competition venues for the games. This includes:

• 6 new venues
• 9 upgraded venues
• 20 existing or temporary venues
• 2 interstate venues.

Most new and upgraded venues are currently undergoing project validation reports or business cases, with construction expected to commence in 2025 and be completed by 2029. The villages are expected to begin construction in 2027 and be completed by 2032.

Approximately $999.2 million of funding has been allocated to 8 minor venue projects. The games authority has commenced the procurement activities for 6 of these venues, seeking tenders from private sector contractors. These venues are located across Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Cairns, Moreton Bay, and Logan, and include the Logan Indoor Sport Centre and Moreton Bay Indoor Sport Centre.

The games authority is undertaking a 100-day review into the games’ infrastructure and transport needs. It is currently subject to a ministerial direction requiring it to temporarily suspend all planning and delivery activities related to potential venues (except for the Brisbane Arena) until the Queensland Government has responded to the review. The review is expected to be delivered in March 2025 and will help inform future decisions.

 

[Perrip]

Former premier torches Miles, LNP over Olympic stadium fight

Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has torched her former deputy and successor Steven Miles, as well as the current LNP government, over preparations for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
Speaking in her strongest terms since election night last year, the agitated former premier said she was shocked, annoyed and “quite sad” that the Games preparations had become a “huge fight over stadiums” and a “political football”.
“I’m absolutely shocked at the state of this. If I was at the IOC [International Olympic Committee] at the moment, I would be saying, ‘What is going on Brisbane?’” she told Nine’s Today show on Thursday morning.
“When I left, we had a plan, we were sticking to the plan and the tenders would have been out now for the Gabba.”
Palaszczuk said planning and construction would already be under way if her plan to rebuild the Gabba remained locked in.
“I’m absolutely shocked at the state of this.
“Everything’s getting unpicked. I often describe it as like, if you’re knitting a sweater and someone pulls a bit of wool, it’s all going to come untangled and everyone is pulling bits of wool out of this sweater.”
Palaszczuk also revealed she had been told the LNP government’s Olympic review committee had already decided to go ahead with a Victoria Park stadium.
“I’ve been told the committee has actually already decided it’s going to be Victoria Park. It’s got no transport, it’s going to cost a lot more, billions and billions and billions of dollars that Queenslanders don’t have at the moment with cost-of-living pressures ...
“And I think there’s going to be a lot of outrage about the last piece of pristine greenness in our city being ripped up for stadiums.”
She said she had held her tongue about the Miles government’s decision to use the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre at Nathan as the main Olympic stadium, which she described as “an absolutely ridiculous idea”.
“There was a plan, we had 80 per cent of our stadiums locked in and, frankly, I’m pretty annoyed about how it’s turned out, it actually makes me quite sad as well,” she said.
“Let me be very clear here, time is running out.
“Under the former plans that we put in place, it would have been completed by 2030. Now we’re going to be pushed right up to the line until 2032.”

 

[Perrip]

Interesting to see Football Australia be supportive of a Vic Park stadium, specifically the BRISBANE BOLD proposal.
Australian Football Champions Unified Vision For Brisbane 2032

 

[Black Panther]

Football Australia asking for a new soccer stadium that is not needed/and wouldn't be used in the Olympics is optimistic to say the least

 

[LongLion]

Former premier torches Miles, LNP over Olympic stadium fight