Cross River Rail on its own (even in its less than ideal final form) is still a transformative project, but I agree that we should be on the next thing already.
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It was tongue in cheek. No one asked for a large aquatic centre and Swimming Australia is bankrolled by Gina.
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I believe Swimming Australia was heavily campaigning for a new centre and moving Swimming Australia up to QLD making the new centre their HQ as a legacy venue.
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When I mean no one asked for it. I mean it wasnāt on the GIICA recommendations and it was also to the detriment of Athletics Qld and Athletics Australia who got shafted as an outcome. I personally donāt see the need for a new swim HQ and think Swimming Australia is over funded and has some serious governance problems from their past with coaches. Part of the arguments has been to get more swimming competitions like Collegiate series, but these are not really a thing that Australia does with swimming like the US does, but I can see the quasi culture war appeal to the current Qld Government. It would have been more equitable to save on money with a drop in pool at Brisbane Live and used the savings to do more regional and suburban pool upgrades.
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They should of moved the AIS up here too, as part of a modern QSAC precinct anywhere else but QE2/Nathan.
The latest AI render of Victoria Park has omitted swimming centre building.
Do we even need a ānationalā aquatics centre at all?
Why not host the swimming at the Gold Coast where the Commonwealth Games were held.
This is because that render was provided by the architectural team that has been announced for the stadium. Anything beyond that is outside of their remit.
The winning architectural team for the aquatic centre hasnāt been announced at this stage, but it should be within the coming months.
The aquatic centre is in the coming months, but will be interesting to see what is proposed after the geological work as itās the most problematic build in the area due to the limited space, the proximity to high voltage transmission, proximity to private schooling and a myriad of other reasons raised by the GIICA.
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Personally I think the legacy venue outcomes are far better than what the previous State Government had. I have no issues with the current confirmed proposals going forward.
Although, I would have preferred more of the games venues in SEQ like rowing and equestrian, but at the end of the day that doesnāt worry me too much.
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Holding Equestrian in Toowoomba really doesnāt bother me. Itās little different to the events being held on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. With the Brisbane Showgrounds being used for the Athletes Village, that removed one of the better Brisbane venues capable of hosting that. Without that, you would really be left with the State Equestian Centre at Caboolture, and I donāt know if that would be large enough.
Continuing to hold the rowing up north I think is a bit of a missed opportunity though.
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Can you clip any more detail from the CM article?
The BCC page link isnāt working and the video says nothing.
But the CM url text is promising that people backed more shade for active transport?!
Still have a few hurdles.
" ā¦ The Australian government spokesman noted there were still a number of applications being considered under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act in relation to the venues, both of which would be key to the delivery of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games. ā¦"
The Government have publicly confirmed that 2/3rds of the park will remain green park space, and there will be protection of, and extensive restoration to, the Yorks Hollow waterholes (possibly part of their plan to address Aboriginal cultural concerns).
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Great. Now we just need a commitment to a Victoria Park station.
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All the sudden they now care about the environment. 
Until they release the design report and details this is but another green-washing stunt.
I think they forgot to add the asphalt.
That image is from Save Victoria Park, meaning it has been created specifically to support their opposition to the project, so by its very nature it is a biased representation.
With regards to the latest Government-released render, I will note that the render features consistent stadium design and positioning as the other renders released towards the start of the year. In terms of the stadium size and positioning, I would consider it to be an accurate representation.
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I could see some sort of in between. There will be a lot of temporary event stuff that will have to go around the stadium. By itās nature though, it will be temporary and Iād imagine the green space could be made clear as per the 3d renders after the games
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Two thirds of the park will remain greenspace?
Were we not told the Stadium would only occupy 11% of the greenspace?
I donāt want to say I told you so, but I told you so.
This project is a monumental mistake of historic proportions.
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Personally and respectfully disagree. There is no where else in the inner city that works for a new stadium, especially with PT so close.
By far the best option we have IMO. It will be a raging success, especially with all the added activation activities such as stadium roof climbs, sports museum etc.
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I would argue that PT isnāt exactly close, the busway certainly will not cope with the crowds of the stadium while also trying to manage the existing non stadium crowds (the Metro services are already getting heavily loaded at certain times of the day), while Exhibition station is a significant walk away from the stadium, let alone people with mobility issues, hence why I would be a big proponent of building a new station where the train wash is, at least to ease the pressures on the surrounding busway stations and Exhibition station.
So no, not from a PT perspective is the location all that good, hence why years ago it was expected the Gabba would remain as the stadium and a new railway station to support the busway station was planned with that expectation., that the railway and busway station (both located next to each other and next to the Gabba, would work in tandem to deal with the crowds). Now thatās changed, they really need to model how the PT system will cope with a 60,000+ seat stadium, taking into account that people with mobility issues will not be able to walk the distance to Exhibition station (across a major 4 lane road).
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