Queensland MPs to Skip Paris as Brisbane Olympic Venue Row Rages

‘I won’t be attending, neither will the premier,’ said Infrastructure Minister Grace Grace

(L-R) Councillor Adrian Schrinner, Lord Mayor of Brisbane; Senator Richard Colbeck, Minister for Senior Australians, Aged Care Services, and Sport; John Coates AC, President, Australian Olympic Committee; James Tomkins, three time Olympic gold medalist; and Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Trade, attend a press conference after Brisbane was announced as the 2032 Summer Olympics host city during the 138th IOC Session at Hotel Okura in Tokyo, Japan, on July 21, 2021. Toru Hanai/Getty Images

No Queensland MPs will go to this year’s Paris Olympics as it finalises its 2032 Brisbane Games infrastructure plans.

Major transport upgrades are on the government’s radar after premier Steven Miles announced a controversial 2032 Olympic venue plan.