Brisbane 2032 Games Plans Criticised as ‘Half Baked’

Plans for the Brisbane Olympics have been dismissed as “half-baked”, with the Queensland premier also slammed for blindsiding a 2032 Games infrastructure review. LNP senator Bridget McKenzie didn’t hold back outside an inquiry into Australia’s Olympic preparations, saying the Brisbane Games were heading in the wrong direction with “a lot of buck-passing but no building”. Ms. McKenzie was among senators on the inquiry panel in Brisbane on April 17, telling Olympic supremo John Coates that unnamed department insiders had described 2032 Games infrastructure plans as “half-baked and half-arsed”. The International Olympic Committee vice-president would not comment on the “rude” language at the public hearing....