On Thursday 12th March 2026, I made a speech on Brisbane Olympics 2032
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Ms WATSON-BROWN (Ryan) (09:36): Brisbane is being sold off, and we are getting absolutely nothing for it. Labor and the LNP are using the Olympics to enrich their big developer mates. Here are six pieces of public land that are being given away to private developers (1) the Brisbane athletes village at the RNA Showgrounds has been sold off to corporate developer Lendlease, (2) the $2.3 billion Gabba arena has been funded by a giant asset sale of nine hectares of public land, (3) the 7.1 hectare Visy site has been sold or leased to private developers, (4) the 100 hectares of public land at Hamilton Northshore have been sold off or leased to private developers, (5) the Gold Coast athletes village and Sunshine Coast athletes village will receive a share of $3.5 billion in public funding to subsidise private developers, and (6) the LNP council are privatising the Brisbane Riverstage.
We're already seeing the Olympics driving up house prices. Locals are paying more rent than ever and getting outbid at auctions by property speculators, but Labor and the LNP say they can't do anything about it. Banks, property developers and property speculators—that's who the major parties really care about—are making more money than ever off everyday people.