Annastacia Palaszczuk doesn t want to offend anyone with games opening ceremony snub
Yesterday Brisbane was named the host city for the 2032 Olympic Games, with Ms Palaszczuk in Tokyo for the announcement.
There was debate over whether she should attend as Australia grapples with the pandemic and millions of Aussies remain unable to return home.
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Members of the Brisbane 2032 delegation celebrate as the city is named the host of the 2032 games.(Getty)
During a press conference following the announcement, the premier had an awkward exchange with Mr Coates - who was responding to Ms Palaszczuk s earlier statement she would not attend the opening ceremony while in Tokyo.
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The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Councillor Adrian Schrinner, Senator the Honourable Richard Colbeck, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services and Minister for Sport, three time Olympic gold medalist James Tomkins, John Coates AC, President, Australian Olympic Committee and The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Trade, speak during a press conference after Brisbane was announced as the 2032 Summer Olympics host city during the IOC Session at Hotel Okura in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 21, 2021.
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First lady Jill Biden addresses reporters during a visit, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, to the Alaska Native Health Tribal Health Consortium office in Anchorage, Alaska. Biden stopped in Alaska s largest city as she traveled to Tokyo, her first solo international trip as first lady, leading a U.S. delegation to the Olympic Games.
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Jul 21, 2021 | 8:47 PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Olympic boss John Coates left few in doubt about the power of sport in Australian politics as he publicly ordered Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to attend Tokyo’s opening ceremony after the IOC awarded Brisbane the 2032 Games.
With around 13 million people locked down in Australia due to COVID-19 outbreaks, Palaszczuk was criticised by home media for travelling to Tokyo this week as a representative of Brisbane’s bid for the 2032 Olympics.
She had said she would not attend any events while in Tokyo apart from the bid team’s presentation to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) session on Wednesday, and would confine herself to her hotel.
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The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
A third athlete from the Czech Republic has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Tokyo Games.
The Czech team says beach volleyball player Markéta Sluková has entered a quarantine hotel, where two other athletes and two other coaches in its national delegation are staying.
Another Czech beach volleyball player, Ondřej Perušič, tested positive this week. Table tennis player Pavel Sirucek also tested positive.
The Czech Olympic team says it’s investigating if the outbreak of COVID-19 is linked to its charter flight to Tokyo.
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