I live in Queensland for 50 years, i don't want to spend 100's of Millions on Olympics, I don't want them here at all. They are not worth the cost. I am sure many others think the same thing?

Who cares what these olypians think? They aren't paying for it

@paulfri1569

Ай бұрын

Well they are indirectly.. with future tourism and investments ..

@patkelly6349

Ай бұрын

I agree. I’m no fan of miles but in this I agree.

@Foul_Quince

Ай бұрын

Exactly. They live of grants of our tax money and now they want some more so they can look good on TV.

@patkelly6349

Ай бұрын

@@Foul_Quince correct for the money how many medals do we win. Bugger all. What about the poor people that can’t afford these ridiculous games. The Australian athletes are up themselves

@michaelallen3918

Ай бұрын

Agree with you totally, these athletes think they are above the rest of us.... Bugger the Olympics, don't want it, don't need it, fix the bloody roads, hospitals, the homeless.... All to rub a few egos.​@@patkelly6349

Get Campbell Newman back in and get rid of this woke QLD Labor government. Miles is a nut job.

@trevorfitzgerald4996

Ай бұрын

Campbell Newman did he sack heaps of doctors, nurses and public servants. He was even worse then Joe if you can believe that.

@memine3704

Ай бұрын

Fuck NO. We couldn't get rid of that fkn dude fast enough. Throwing out one lot of corrupt muppets and going back to another one is NOT the answer.

The International Olympic Committee should be paying countries to host them; not us taxpayers fork out Billions for shit that will barely get used

Southeast Queensland needs better roads more than we need the Olympics

3.4 billion can provide 340 rural towns with $10 million each for spending on infrastructure. It is a no-brainer.

What about Piloshites Fema camp for the un vaccinated . Waste of money !!!!!!!

Why spend billions for rich and pampered people. Build houses instead of stadiums .

@thewayneflyinghigh9128

Ай бұрын

And hospitals

Just axes the games people are sick of spending on shit

Just cancel the Olympics!

Grid of the Olympics!! A WASTE of money!! STOP WASTING our money!!

We don't want another sports venue Steve....Olympics is a rich man's sport... it does not benefit the average worker...we don't get any reductions with the money the government rakes in...But we are the ones hit up for the Olympics/ commonwealth games....Enough !!!!!

I don't get this bloke...i never voted for him ‼️🤦

Basically the previous Premier bid for and "won" an Olympics that most Queenslanders DIDN'T WANT and STILL DON'T. Now that she's gone and Queensland is in an election year the new Premier has decided to actually listen to the priorities of the citizens of the State. The Olympics IS NOT WANTED by "average Queenslanders" what we want is Hospitals, schools, better roads, and affordable housing in NON Flood areas, and NO IMMIGRATION The presenter should put up HIS money if he's so enthusiastic to "build a big stadium".

@1JohnnyUTAH

Ай бұрын

Queensland should have a massive No Olympic Games March.

@SamsungSamsung-md9xq

Ай бұрын

The river still floods,and money is better spent on roads and coal fired power stations,!@

@trevorfitzgerald4996

Ай бұрын

It was the previous lnp brisbane mayor that put in for it. And Tom Tate. Waste money. Who cares for the Olympics anyway.

@bradyowe8236

Ай бұрын

We were the only country bidding for the games.

@mckenziehellenann

Ай бұрын

Should never have put hand up to hold the Olympics..

How about fixing the roads that are falling apart up here in FNQ! Stop wasting money on useless crap 💩!

In a cost of living, stuff the games.these people fly around the world at taxs payers account, stuff them

Nobody who hosts the Olympics comes out in front. Do some actual journalism Price and you will find that out.

@amaryllislady8795

Ай бұрын

Exactly!

There is no embarrassment here. Be quiet Steve. For once our dunce of a Premier is correct. Most Queenslanders would prefer to ditch the Olympics totally and be able to call an Ambulance and have treatment in a hospital when needed.

But they can spend $40 million on a bridge for a Cassowary

@1JohnnyUTAH

Ай бұрын

Yeah that was chooks personal walkway with all the other Inner City yuppies

@patkelly6349

Ай бұрын

Cassowary’s are better to watch than these upstart olympians

I'm a Queenslander and I will say, for god's sake, give the bloody thing to Sydney. We don't really want it anyway, not really, and Labor have Fukd it up since day 1 thanks to Palachook & Co. They had Years to sort this shit out but couldn't make a decision to save their lives. Too late now, let it go and everyone will be a lot happier.

NO Olympics - hospital and houses instead!

Should never have bid on the Olympics. Champagne tastes when people are on struggle street. Cognitive dissonance at its finest.

It took Sydney 16 years to pay it off!

@oldsparky14

Ай бұрын

well said , Sydney was a dirty mess for years after 2000 , how people forget

olympics should have a permanent site developed, and be maintained by all countries involved, this way no one goes broke running it. just a thought.

@robertholland7558

Ай бұрын

In Greece no doubt!

@user-tq4zm9yr6l

Ай бұрын

absolutely agree

We have a right to good roads as well but I don’t see the government doing anything by that. Get your priorities right pricey

Be awesome people from all over the world can come to view our homeless

@andreaburton7515

Ай бұрын

😓

So i guess the opposition will inherit all this shit

So just cancel the Olympics! We can build schools , hospitals and build public homes. Just stop this madness . We don’t need these Olympics. Hoping labor is gone next time ; so we don’t have to handle these games .

Hold on Queensland. The next few years are gonna be bumpy.

Did he say they listen to Queenslanders? WTF Bahahahahahahaha What about housing the homeless and feeding people, priorities in society are upside down.

@johndrury2028

Ай бұрын

...and do we have an Olympic village??.....More $$$ to be spent??? Sydney can have it.

Albonese won't on with it because he is an activist not a prime minister .

Arenas are Roman bread and circuses. Loads of unnecessary debt on toys. They could also save on public servants by sacking the fascists that kidnapped Molly the magpie.

@rodneywatson7855

Ай бұрын

Absolutely. Those imbeciles have now jailed a once-free bird, rather than leaving it free like it was. Let the thing out and return it at once to its home you Woke Fukwits.

Smacks of Sydney had it, we want it too. Brisbane would be better off not repeating Sydney's mistake.

@Foul_Quince

Ай бұрын

It was Palasczuck's hubris and her need to do a grubby deal with the unions to pay them back for their support that brought it. She fell on her sword and now Miles is still bound to pay off the unions for installing him.

@jamesfrench7299

Ай бұрын

If your didn't have that Thatcherite Campbell Newman who was even more on the nose, she wouldn't have likely made it. You poor Qlders don't get much luck with your political choices. Time to get yourselves two houses.

@Foul_Quince

Ай бұрын

@@jamesfrench7299 Nah. We need fewer politicians, not more. Newman was bad medicine, but it was to cure a far deeper disease. Labor was a cancer grown back twice as hard. believe i or not, Miles was the best choice that could have been made at the time. The alternative, Fentiman, was too terrible to contemplate. Miles is dead, knows he is dead and knows he has neither the talent, the consensus of will nor the time to fix anything that Labor broke. they'll be looking for a new Tarrago on Facebook marketplace come the end of the year.

So do away with preferential jobs for unionists on infrastructure and save the money to build the thing.

These people live off the public purse....do they want to tell people in QLD they need to wait longer for health care, for homes for the homeless, teachers, police??? About time these people got a real job!!

Just pay the $500mil fine to the IOC to cancel it in Brissy. Hosting it here is an absolute waste of mine and everyone's money up here.

This Queenslander would like you to take a hike. Dont have any confidence in you to get anything right.

QE2 is still sitting as a white elephant!

Look at Victoria with that Tyrant putting in for games then cancelled. We dont want it in a time of financial crisis

Why is the olympics paying for their own venues

They should have done the pole beforehand and then not put in for the Olympic Games. It’s a total embarrassment after the commonwealth games in Victoria.

Why Did They Put The Bid In then.??

Maybe the QLD credit rating is on the line with the budget. Quote from QAO - As at 30 June 2023, the state's total borrowings were $132.2 billion, and net debt was $24.3 billion.

Inland rail freight wasn't a real pressing issue until Albo and his minions took to the transport industry and energy industry with an axe.

Can the the Olympics.. Queensland is falling apart.

Better to have not put your hand up to host if it was never banked. The Brisbane River could do with a full bank reticulation well before a "Bris Vegas" venture. It is redundant and extremely miserable to bring this up now - how embarrassing.....sorry no cavier just cabana and saveloy's 😢

Poor Giggles as premier of Queensland he is way over his head,,,all countries known how expensive the Olympics are to stage and if it to costly then why bid for it in the first place?? Queensland is a mining rich state like here in Western Australia so what have they done with all their money,,,, sounds like Albo economics !!😂

NO OLYMPICS HERE AT ALL!!!!

Who even wanted the olympics? It seemed like it was basically a snap decision from Anastasia with no consultation.

@bradyowe8236

Ай бұрын

She wanted a legacy now she’s gone….without any accountability

Little people in this state live in tents. And cars!!

All they have to do is listen to the majority, not the minority

"The Olympics " is Piloshit's vanity project.

We need hospitals, ambulances, affordable housing, affordable food, affordable electricity. What we don’t need is party in the park, Olympics, fireworks and all the rest of the feel good for 10minutes shit. Get real people Infrastructure is so disgustingly poor in this country we are decades behind where we should be. STOP Wasting money on rubbish and fun time crap and get life saving and important infrastructure issues sorted.

NSW residents thought Minns was a breath of fresh air, but all can see he is of the same cast as Miles, albanese an co.

Steve Price .. clueless

But The Olympics bring in sooo much money

Cancel the Games now would be the idea ..! Have not these politicians noticed what happening in the world not the mention there own country..!

Olympics a waste of money which should be spent where it's required .

We live in interesting times.

What's embarrassing is so many Qld residents living on the streets and struggling for housing. Money should be spent on that not bloody stadiums

Yeh athletes want billions spent, just another small group saying how important they are

I saw a video of past Olympic stadiums in other countries and a lot of them were sadly in a bad state of disrepair. Countries that have the Olympic games are countries. Queensland is a state. We should have the support of the rest of the country. Majority of the people would not even be able to go to the games because it is usually to expensive.

Anastasia ..the last grubby policion set this crap up!!

It would of made more sense to build a brand new 80,000+ seat stadium at Victoria Park, use Suncorp 'as is', use the Gabba 'as is', use QSAC 'as is' for minor events, and knock down the Gabba after the Olympics. The area could be used as Park space, living space and retail. The whole area is old, ugly, tired and reminds me of South Brisbane before Expo 88. I love the Gabba and Cricket, and have lived locally for over 50 years. However, you can't have a major stadium, Olympic event, rock concert, etc amongst residential houses, shops, old warehouses and a primary school. The Gabba has always been in the wrong place. After the Olympics knock down and redevelop the Gabba and QSAC. $5 billion that would cover a new stadium. Finally, you can't present Brisbane to the world with a tiny main stadium (Suncorp) that only seats 60,000 people. It's

Hospitals and health care in QLD is non-existent, 6 months waits for urgent, cat 2 2 years wait, cat 3 never

Either hold it properly or don’t bother. Last thing we need is another black eye as sport hosts.

Wasted money on ego trippers.

I live in Queensland and I don't know anyone who thinks we should have the Olympics. Waste of money and extra demand on the building industry. We need more houses not stadiums.

Campbell Newman 🤮

Queensland Commonwealth Games were a joke. Streets, restaurants, cafe's etc were empty. Many went broke. We were told to stay off the roads bc it was going to be SOOO busy. Ha! Best time to drive around bc all the locals left. Thanks to Peter Beattie & Annastacia Palasfuck

If Campbell Newman had become so arrogant as Premier and listened a bit more he would still be Premier and the Queensland would be the jewel in the crown. He was great for Queensland. He can come back anytime now he is older and wiser.

Bring back Campbell.

It's a nightmare when sporting infrastructure mixes with election politics. Remember Campbell standing across the road from the weed infested "South Bank" site in Townsville when he was campaigning for the 2015 election. He promised to build the Stadium. A new Townsville Stadium had been on many planning scheme publications over several years and had been bounced from one proposed site to another. Campbell waved his arms at the South Bank site that still had the Leighton's mixed commercial and residential banner fence to it, and said he will build the stadium... Unfortunately, Labor won the election. Months later, when the football fans started asking where is our stadium, Labor said we don't have the money. Federal LNP said we don't fund sporting stadiums, they are a State concern. The LNP had a flimsy hold on the electorate, so were open to pursuasion. It seemed to resolve to pledges for $100m from State; $100m from Federal; and the remaining $50m++ from others. The stadium was built just in time for Covid to close it in April 2020. It is only now becoming a venue that may begin to pay for itself. I doubt if any politician from Local, State or Federal could say it was a painless exercise. I fully agree with Campbell that it is for the sitting State Premier to decide on the commitment to construct major new sporting venues. Any promises will need scrutiny from the Government and the Opposition to have an amicable and viable plan for Brisbane expenditure in an election year when the Regions are becoming aware of just how much they paying for the ego-projects a long way away, down south.

Can we make the most of this opportunity. Make it the "Australian Olympic Games"

I agree with Campbell

Most people in the South East of Qld do not want these games, Miles cancels the games tomorrow he wins the next election, i will vote for him and i never vote commie ALP.

Coal royalties are gone folks

You can not blow out a hydro project by 4 times without extending its duration by the same amount.

Steven Miles look like the kid on the MAD magazines cover 🤣

No games

Miles is another selected, not elected drop kick.

I lived through the Sydney games in 2000, now I have to look forward to it all over again now that I live in QLD, in this day and age where the cost of living is so high. Why do we have to have all brand new stadium and infrastructure for the games in 2034. Why can we not just improve what’s already there. The roads out where I’m living in rural Queensland need to be fixed and now that we are getting trucks that have gone from a double bogey trailers to triple bogey trailers, the roads out here just can not handle them at all. As for the rail system in NSW it was all underway then Labour got in at the State level years ago and the very first thing that was placed on hold was the blooming rail system that was going to fix the problem of having freight trains running on the passenger rail line, they left it on hold for so long that it could not be finished in the end because the site it was being taken to ended up being closed down because of the lack of the rail infrastructure in the first place. It’s like the rail system that use to come through our town, that got closed down and then they removed the line out completely, now we have to have everything brought in by road, but our roads leading into and out of town just can not handle the increased road freight. Our roads need to be completely rebuilt out here but all we keep getting is section cutout reworked only to have it last 12-18 months before it’s back into the ruff condition it was in before it was fixed for the short term. Now they are building a new rail link but it’s almost 200 km from us and they came to our town fair last year saying how much it will help us out here in the west, well guess what it won’t be a benefit to my town at all because they still need blooming road trains from that site to our town 200km away from it. The only ones who are actually benefiting from it are those who live closer to Brisbane because the trucks are removed from their roads and we will end up with twice as many trucks coming in from a different direction on roads that are still dirt roads and on the existing 2nd rate country roads out here in the bush.

Commentators down south and these high profile sportspeople are missing or ignoring the point that the olympics was originally sold to Queenslanders as a low cost games. The IOC was concerned that the cost debt incurred by past cities was disheartening cities from applying for future games. The original application for the olympics was made by the mayors of SEQueensland and the games were to be spread across those localities. Then the premier got involved and it became Brisbane’s games. Don’t forget not long ago we had the commonwealth games on the Gold Coast and what a shambles that was not to mention the debt incurred and has not been disclosed. The fact is, and this is not political but practical, money needs to be spent in other areas to improve facilities for Queenslanders not élite athletes. It is not compulsory for these élite athletes to compete. If they feel so strongly about this stay home.

This guy needs to get his shit together. No more negatives, make it happen and make Australia proud 🇦🇺

The coke cola games

Yet billions on pumped hydro

We are not living in the same world as even five years ago. Budgets have to be for the good of tax payers Not spoil would be sports stars.

We are not all as well paid as Melbourne Television Dudes You have the Damn Sports

Well if labour doesn't want to spend money to make money why did you try for the games? Now you're going to cost taxpayers even more to NOT hold the games.

@g2m4

Ай бұрын

How will it cost more if we don’t hold these games ? I mean who will pay? Qld govt . That doesn’t make sense . The govt might change .

@selwyn500

Ай бұрын

@@g2m4 look what happened to Victoria, now they're paying billions for DIRTY DAN canning the games.

Well Queensland government if they are so expensive then don't bid for the Olympics,,,, Why don't you spend the money making your citizens safe in their homes and build some houses for people in need,,, Stop wasting the taxpayers money on something that won't help Queenslanders. Giggles is way out of his depth here!!

QLD is Broke starting back when Gravy Train ran the state.

This bloke is no more than a Union back room office boy.

Why the hell do we want the olympics tyhe cost is horrendous when we need so many facilitiews in Hospiyals sghools homes that are affordasble and services for people Dump the Olympics

You'd still be there if furniture "CEO Brad" wasn't so hopeless back in the day. written and authorised Hendo LNP Brisbane (back in the day)

This'll show the world the SHITSHOW which is Strayakunt

2GW for 15Billion…..just ask KEPCO

Bloody oath. No one gives a shit about Olympics

Giggles is a scared little guy who will disappear at the end of this year, leaving no legacy …………..😳

Dump the games

Downsize public service. These employees are under the pump all the time as it is. The public service downsize was immediately followed by a hire back and expensive contractors that cost the state a mint when they found they actually didn't have enough people. 😮