Australia Has New Plans for Brisbane Olympics

Australia said on March 24 it is overhauling its multi-billion-dollar plans for hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics in Brisbane after years of "chaos and crisis".

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The new plan, reportedly including a new 60,000-seat stadium, rewrites much of a A$7 billion (S$5.9 billion) infrastructure scheme announced in 2023.

"I do believe we've got a plan that can get the show back on the road," Queensland Premier David Crisafulli said on the eve of the official unveiling of the new scheme.

"It's a plan to make sure that we do deliver generational infrastructure, and it's a plan to make sure that we do host a great Games when the eyes of the world are on us. Even the most partisan person, looking at where we are at the moment, would acknowledge that it's been three years of chaos and crisis since we were awarded the Games."