Photo provided by the office of Robbie Katter MP.
Katter’s Australian Party Leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has called for the Queensland government to scrap their current plans for the 2032 Olympic Games.
These calls from the KAP come after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews called it quits on the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to the state’s failure to appropriately accommodate finances.
Mr Katter said the Queensland government needed to follow in Victoria’s footsteps in this recent decision.
“In the words of Mark Twain, ‘it’s time to pause and reflect’,” he said.
“Queenslanders do not want the better part of $20 billion spent on preparing and hosting these Games.
“That figure is where our rough estimates sit based on 2023 costs; we cannot fathom what this number will look like in nine years’ time.”
Mr Katter said Queenslanders are currently doing it tough and changes need to be made.
“The Olympic Games carnival is 16 days – spending $20 billion on a three-week event could almost be called criminal given the state of play in Queensland at present.
“We need to face it, we’re all broke – the Premier needs to read the room.
“You can open the newspapers on any given day and get a glimpse of how everyone is suffering”
