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Committee resident Andrew Liveris flagged extra costs associated with the Games being spread out across the state but overall, the IOC is happy we’re heading in the right direction.
“I’m so excited and proud about these games,” Fox said.
Overall the IOC gave Brisbane a positive report card, happy to see “the sport venue work is moving in the right direction”.
But at question time, organisers got a grilling on how to pull off a Games spread across a state and whether the venues would be finished in time.
“We are working with the IOC on the revised budget, the revised budget when we finish with that work product we’ll now have these new locations,” Liveris said.
“Those will be new costs that we have to work closely with our government delivery partners on.
“Sometimes I wonder why was I selected? Well, I have built things before, I built them on time and on budget, or, under budget.”
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli said it was a “Games for all of Queensland but that won’t cost Queenslanders one extra cent”.
The opposition doesn’t believe that.
“I think Queenslanders will be rightly confused by the mixed messages they’re getting from the Brisbane 2032 boss and Queensland’s premier,” Opposition Leader Steven Miles said.
The IOC is undertaking a review of all medal events, which means Brisbane will have to wait until the end of the year to finalise its program.
Breakdancing is pushing for a comeback but Liveris is doubtful of Raygun’s return.
“I don’t know about that,” he said.
“They [breaking] have definitely applied to us, so we will see. No foreshadowment of who we’re going to select.”
But Brisbane is confident it can avoid the sticky situation the Italians find themselves in just days before the start of the Winter Olympics – with their new ice hockey stadium still being completed.
It’s a frantic race to the finish line to try and get this purpose-built stadium ready in time for competition, with it already operating at a reduced capacity because not all the seating is in.
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