Queensland’s seven crossbench MPs have made a rare joint call for the state government to cap the Brisbane 2032 Olympics budget and scrap the planned Gabba rebuild.
While the statement will have little concrete effect in the state’s sole house of parliament and its functions dominated by the Labor government, such crossbench collaboration is believed to be the first since at least 2014.
They have also called for the formal host city contract with the International Olympic Committee and all relevant business cases for infrastructure and venues to be made public immediately.The government is also being asked to develop an Olympics housing plan to ensure costs and displacements are not driven up, as they have been in other host cities, and convert any athlete accommodation to public or community housing.
Speaking to reporters, the group said the government could legislate a budget cap or manage works in a way that ensured spending did not blow out – with both state and federal governments “on notice”.
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