Premierâs pitch to IOC: âNo firmer friend than a Queenslanderâ
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk put the people of Queensland front and centre of the 2032 Olympic bid in a three-day âvirtual showcaseâ with the International Olympic Commission.
The IOCâs Future Host Commission made a three-day âvirtual inspectionâ of the region and heard submissions from the Australian, Queensland and Brisbane government leaders.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks about the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games bid, at Queensland Parliament House in February.
Credit:Jono Searle
Footage of proposed competition venues, Olympic villages, the International Broadcast Centre, the Main Press Centre and the ceremony stadium as well as the surrounding areas, was presented to the team.
The Queensland government and its dam operator Sunwater will pay $440million to compensate flood victims of the 2011 Wivenhoe Dam disaster.
State-owned operators Sunwater and Seqwater faced a class action lawsuit in 2019 following the floods in southeast Queensland.
About 23,000 homes were hit by flood waters, which inspired a clean up effort from volunteers known as the Mud Army .
A hydrology report commissioned by the Insurance Council of Australia found that water was released from Wivenhoe Dam during the heavy rainfall, which raised levels in the Brisbane River by as much as 10 metres.
The Queensland government and dam operator Sunwater will pay $440million to compensate flood-victims of the 2011 Wivenhoe Dam (pictured) disaster
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Ten years on from the 2011 Queensland floods, Brisbane residents have been warned another disaster of the same scale could hit any year, or even year upon year.
As Australia faces a La Nina season with expected heavy rain and the remnants of cyclone Imogen delivers a bucketing in parts of Queensland, Brisbane lord mayor Adrian Schrinner said the city needed to be fully prepared for future floods.
The New Farm Riverwalk floats down the Brisbane River during the 2011 floods.
Credit:Michelle Smith Next week marks the 10th anniversary of the 2011 flood. It is a week that none of us who were around at the time will forget, Cr Schrinner said on Thursday.