![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The 28-year-old arrives at the Lions after eight senior games over three years with Geelong who recruited him as a mature age player in the 2018 draft. The postponed Tokyo Games starts this week.Ĭoncerns have been raised over two athletes in the Tokyo Olympic Village who tested positive for COVID-19.The Brisbane Lions have added to their bigman stocks by completing a trade with Geelong for ruckman Darcy Fort. If successful, Australia will host its third Summer Olympic Games after Melbourne 1956 and Sydney 2000. The final announcement will be made on Wednesday night following a vote that evening. The master plan for the bid shows 28 sports being held across Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast. This is the 2032 Olympics."ĭespite the controversy, Australian Olympic team chef de mission Ian Chesterman said it was very important for the Premier to be in Tokyo to secure the bid. "It's worth about $14 billion and I would hope, by 2032, we would be back to a normal society of freedom … it would create over 100,000 jobs," she said. The Premier said on Q+A the Games in Brisbane would provide a major boost to the state's labour market. There are approximately 34,000 Australians who have indicated to the federal government they would like to return to Australia from overseas, with some fearing the reduction would make their efforts to get home even harder. She faced questions from the Opposition last week over who would foot the bill for her quarantine.Īn online petition with more than 130,000 signatures demanded that Ms Palaszczuk be refused permission to travel overseas due to her successful push - alongside other state premiers - to halve the cap on Australians returning home to limit the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Ms Palaszczuk said she would be going into hotel quarantine upon her return. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has arrived in Tokyo to make the final bid for Brisbane to host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games.īrisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner, federal Sports Minister Richard Colbeck and Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates have also landed in Japan to support the bid.ĭeputy Premier Steven Miles will be Acting Premier in Ms Palaszczuk's absence. ![]()
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