Queensland Proposes Scrapping Diversity Quotas for Brisbane Olympics Board

A strict rule on gender and diversity could just be a recommendation as Brisbane prepares for the 2032 Olympic Games.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli speaks during the Parliamentary Friends of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement event at Queensland Parliament in Brisbane, Australia, on Oct. 27, 2021. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images for the AOC

The Queensland state government is proposing to remove strict diversity quotas from the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG).

The move follows recommendations to streamline processes around governance in the lead-up to the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.