Former premier torches Miles, LNP over Olympic stadium fight

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Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has torched her former deputy and successor Steven Miles, as well as the current LNP government, over preparations for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

Speaking in her strongest terms since election night last year, the agitated former premier said she was shocked, annoyed and “quite sad” that the Games preparations had become a “huge fight over stadiums” and a “political football”.

“I’m absolutely shocked at the state of this. If I was at the IOC [International Olympic Committee] at the moment, I would be saying, ‘What is going on Brisbane?’” she told Nine’s Today show on Thursday morning.

“When I left, we had a plan, we were sticking to the plan and the tenders would have been out now for the Gabba.”

Palaszczuk said planning and construction would already be under way if her plan to rebuild the Gabba remained locked in.

“I’m absolutely shocked at the state of this.

“Everything’s getting unpicked. I often describe it as like, if you’re knitting a sweater and someone pulls a bit of wool, it’s all going to come untangled and everyone is pulling bits of wool out of this sweater.”

Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaking on the Today show on Thursday morning.Credit: Today

Palaszczuk also revealed she had been told the LNP government’s Olympic review committee had already decided to go ahead with a Victoria Park stadium.

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