Opponents of a whitewater centre planned for south-east Queensland say they've "drawn the short straw" of Olympic venues. A Senate inquiry into Australia's preparedness to host the Games found a ...

But don’t expect something similar in Brisbane in 2032. “I’m not going to be putting the opening ceremony on that river,” says ... to the International Olympic Committee at a meeting ...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP ... Rowing in a crocodile-inhabited river in Rockhampton. Extra tourism-focused venues and a new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium to be built in inner-city parkland have ...

The crocodiles that inhabit the Fitzroy River appear not to be too much of ... some 600 kilometres north of Brisbane. The proposal to hold the rowing events in the city on the central Queensland ...

The report recommended that the state build Victoria Park as the new Olympic stadium ... Village from Hamilton to Bowen Hills, creating a new precinct next to the Brisbane Showgrounds.