The Brisbane Lord Mayor has walked back his decision of barely five months ago to abandon the 2032 Games leaders’ forum – despite outstanding differences of opinion.
The council’s civic cabinet,chaired by Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner,approved travel for two councillors and three senior council officers to go to Paris for a total cost of $123,500.
With election results finalised,Brisbane City Hall hosted its first gathering of new and old councillors. Except it was a false start.
Even more electric scooters will soon be on Brisbane streets,as the city’s original scooter hire scheme prepares its return to the city.
Brisbane’s re-elected lord mayor has bucked rejection of a new stadium by both state major party leaders,as 2032 organisers met to cap-off a turbulent week.
QSAC would be the smallest Olympic stadium since the Amsterdam Games of 1928 – more than a century ago.
By Monday night,Premier Steven Miles will have lost a seat in parliament,seen another become vulnerable,and been left to decide whether Brisbane can even afford an Olympic stadium.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner is confident he will not have to contend with a hostile council chamber,as the LNP remained on track to win a majority in City Hall.
With a deadline three years after the next election,much of the heavy lifting will need to be done by the next class in City Hall – whatever its shape.
Queensland’s two major political parties have spent almost $2 million each in their attempts to win over Brisbane voters.
As 200-ish political,business and community leaders picked at their convention centre plates,the questions candidates asked each other were maybe the most telling.