Aboriginal group launches legal bid to stop Brisbane Olympic stadium
A local group launched legal proceedings for the stopping of a 63,000 -person stadium for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics built on culturally important lands.
In March, the Queensland government announced that the stadium of $ 3.8 billion ($ 2.5 billion; $ 1.8 billion) will be built with federal financing at Victoria Park, a 60 -hectare site.
Yagara Marandjin Aborigin Corporation (YMAC) and Save Victoria Park group ask the Federal Minister of Environment to set the park as a culturally important place, which will be able to protect the land from development.
Victoria Park announced YMACA spokesman Gaja Kerry Charlton, which is of great importance for indigenous and non -indigenous people.
“We are worried that there are old trees, works and very important ecosystems that exist there. There may be remains of ancestors.”
The Federal Government Spokesman confirmed that Aborigin and Torres Strait islands have received the request to determine the site within the scope of heritage protection law.
“The department is currently reviewing this application and the applicant will take all standard steps to advance, including the supporter and the government of Queensland.” He said.
If the stadium is built, it will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic games in 2032.
After the Olympics, the stadium will be the house of Afl and Kricket in Queensland.
Infrastructure plans for the 2032 Olympics have become a warm political issue in Queensland in recent years.
Annastacia Palaszczuk from Labour led the successful Olympic offer and announced that it plans to re -improve the aging Gabba stadium for games at a cost of approximately $ 3 billion. However, the plan was not popular with the locals, who were afraid of being displaced, and taxpayers were horrified in the price tag.
After quitting a premier in 2023, a study proposed a more expensive plan in Victoria Park, a brand new stadium. However, in the midst of a cost of life, Steven Miles, the new leader of the state, chose to raise existing spaces to host game events, some of them were criticized as a shame for Australia on the world stage.
Months later, he lost his election to the liberal national party promising a new stadium promise.
However, after the new government’s own study, the new Premier David Crisafulli adopted a plan to build a place in Victoria Park, and since then, it has been exempted from the rules of planning the new Olympic spaces to quickly monitor development.
However, plans were met with protests in Queensland, some locals are worried about the loss of a large city green area and the potential damage to other cultural heritage.
The state and federal governments have shown that they will interact with domestic groups in their development plans in Victoria Park.
Brisbane’s Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said that Brisbane Times had a strong support for the stadium.
“This will happen,” he said. He continued: “Of course, there will be attempts to prevent and slow down the project.”
