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The Age
5 days ago
- Business
- The Age
Brisbane news live: First budget announcement today with multibillion-dollar pledge
Latest posts Latest posts 7.20am First budget announcement today with multibillion-dollar pledge The government's first budget announcement is set to be made today, with billions reportedly earmarked for a major energy project. Nine News has revealed $2.4 billion will be spent in the next four years on the CopperString development in North Queensland. Loading The project is slated to link renewable energy zones in the state's interior with the energy grid. It is due to be completed in 2032, and could cost almost $14 billion in total. Political editor Tim Arvier says the $2.4 billion announcement will go towards setting up a giant copper powerline in the east section of the development. 7.14am The big chill … continues Residents of our River City have again shivered through the night, with the temperature in Brisbane plunging overnight. With an official recorded temperature of 10 degrees last night, at least today is expected to be warmer than Thursday – a sunny day and a forecast 23 degrees are on the cards. And some comfort for the weekend: the lowest temperatures for Saturday and Sunday should stay in the double digits. Here's the outlook for today, the weekend, and early next week: 7.12am While you were sleeping Here's what's making news further afield this morning: Tension between Donald Trump and his former 'first buddy' Elon Musk has erupted into open warfare, with the US president suggesting Musk has a version of 'Trump derangement syndrome', and Musk sensationally announcing Trump is named in the Jeffrey Epstein files. A hidden announcement from the State Department about consequences for foreigners 'complicit in censoring Americans' has sparked a new level of global interference not seen from America since the end of the Cold War. Peter Hartcher asks, is this the beginning of a new level of interference? US beef could be allowed into Australia for the first time in decades through a biosecurity rule review to secure the removal of tariffs as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to meet President Donald Trump later this month. The questions came thick and fast, and the denials did too, as on Thursday. 6.53am The top stories this morning Good morning, and welcome to Brisbane Times' live news coverage for Friday, June 6. Today we can expect a sunny day and a top temperature of 23 degrees. In this morning's local headlines: The two housemates of missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop have been charged with murder, as her mother has described how the family's world has been shattered. James Wood, 34, and Tamika Bromley, 33, are due to appear at court this morning. Attracting bigger events, more business tourism and new product development will be Brisbane's focus for the next 20 years, as the government continues to cement its plan to grow the state's tourism industry. Seven years out from the Brisbane 2032 Games, one question remains stubbornly unanswered: What is happening with our mascot? Three men accused of murder by drowning two people in a toolbox drank whiskey and played video games while they held their alleged victims captive, a jury has heard. As the Reds attempt to overcome the powerhouse Crusaders in their Super Rugby quarter-final tonight, Queensland five-eighth
Sydney Morning Herald
5 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane news live: First budget announcement today with multibillion-dollar pledge
Latest posts Latest posts 7.20am First budget announcement today with multibillion-dollar pledge The government's first budget announcement is set to be made today, with billions reportedly earmarked for a major energy project. Nine News has revealed $2.4 billion will be spent in the next four years on the CopperString development in North Queensland. Loading The project is slated to link renewable energy zones in the state's interior with the energy grid. It is due to be completed in 2032, and could cost almost $14 billion in total. Political editor Tim Arvier says the $2.4 billion announcement will go towards setting up a giant copper powerline in the east section of the development. 7.14am The big chill … continues Residents of our River City have again shivered through the night, with the temperature in Brisbane plunging overnight. With an official recorded temperature of 10 degrees last night, at least today is expected to be warmer than Thursday – a sunny day and a forecast 23 degrees are on the cards. And some comfort for the weekend: the lowest temperatures for Saturday and Sunday should stay in the double digits. Here's the outlook for today, the weekend, and early next week: 7.12am While you were sleeping Here's what's making news further afield this morning: Tension between Donald Trump and his former 'first buddy' Elon Musk has erupted into open warfare, with the US president suggesting Musk has a version of 'Trump derangement syndrome', and Musk sensationally announcing Trump is named in the Jeffrey Epstein files. A hidden announcement from the State Department about consequences for foreigners 'complicit in censoring Americans' has sparked a new level of global interference not seen from America since the end of the Cold War. Peter Hartcher asks, is this the beginning of a new level of interference? US beef could be allowed into Australia for the first time in decades through a biosecurity rule review to secure the removal of tariffs as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to meet President Donald Trump later this month. The questions came thick and fast, and the denials did too, as on Thursday. 6.53am The top stories this morning Good morning, and welcome to Brisbane Times' live news coverage for Friday, June 6. Today we can expect a sunny day and a top temperature of 23 degrees. In this morning's local headlines: The two housemates of missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop have been charged with murder, as her mother has described how the family's world has been shattered. James Wood, 34, and Tamika Bromley, 33, are due to appear at court this morning. Attracting bigger events, more business tourism and new product development will be Brisbane's focus for the next 20 years, as the government continues to cement its plan to grow the state's tourism industry. Seven years out from the Brisbane 2032 Games, one question remains stubbornly unanswered: What is happening with our mascot? Three men accused of murder by drowning two people in a toolbox drank whiskey and played video games while they held their alleged victims captive, a jury has heard. As the Reds attempt to overcome the powerhouse Crusaders in their Super Rugby quarter-final tonight, Queensland five-eighth
The Advertiser
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Equestrian star set to take over Brisbane 2032 reins
A former actress and equestrian star is set to take centre stage for the Brisbane 2032 Games after landing a major International Olympic Committee role.
Perth Now
06-05-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
Equestrian star set to take over Brisbane 2032 reins
A former actress and equestrian star is set to take centre stage for the Brisbane 2032 Games after landing a major International Olympic Committee role. Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski will oversee the Brisbane Games' delivery after being unveiled as the new 2032 Olympics co-ordination commission chair. She will replace Kirsty Coventry, who was recently elected as the next IOC president. Organisers have welcomed Ms Jaworski, who is set to chair the next co-ordination commission meeting in Brisbane from May 20 to be attended by Ms Coventry and outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach. "I congratulate Mikaela on her elevation ... and welcome the opportunity to continue to work closely with her and all our co-ordination commission members as our attention shifts from strategy to planning and eventually delivery of our Games in 2032," Brisbane Olympic boss Andrew Liveris said. Ms Jaworski appeared in a number of high profile movies and TV shows in the Philippines but also grabbed the spotlight as an equestrian athlete with close ties to Australia. She trained and competed in Australia during her stellar equestrian career, enjoying a 20-year stint under three-time Olympian Vicki Roycroft. The Australian's guidance helped steer Ms Jaworski to claiming showjumping gold for the Philippines at the 2002 Asian Games and the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. "Mikaela has a deep understanding and history of time in Australia ... and has been a positive and supportive voice as part of Brisbane 2032's co-ordination commission since its formation," Mr Liveris said. "I look forward to welcoming Mikaela and our co-ordination commission to Brisbane this month for our first in-country meeting and the chance to provide detailed updates on our progress." Ms Jaworski, an IOC executive board member since 2020, will take over the Brisbane Games' planning and delivery at a pivotal time. The clock is ticking for the 2032 Games after the Queensland government finally confirmed its venue plan in March, more than 1300 days after Brisbane was named host city. The state government this month introduced a bill to ensure 2032 Olympic sites would be exempt from planning laws as officials race to get the Games venues built in time. An IOC member since 2013, Ms Jaworski takes over the Brisbane reins after serving on the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 coordination bodies and the 2024 and 2028 Games evaluation commissions.
ABC News
28-04-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Softball concerned money will come before legacy in Brisbane 2032 Olympics push
One of Australia's most successful Olympic team sports faces the prospect of being cut from the Brisbane 2032 Games, with softball administrators concerned money will outweigh legacy when deciding the sports program. 'We don't have chequebooks that are deep at all, we don't even have a chequebook,' Softball Australia CEO Sarah Loh told ABC Sport. The Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee has confirmed to the ABC that the sports selected will have to be operationally viable, with the criteria to include gender balance, global representation and popularity, and must generate revenue. Baseball-softball, considered a combined event for men and women respectively, will feature in the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028. It's one of five additional sports added onto the program, increasing to a total of 36 sports overall. LA 2028 will be the seventh time men's baseball and sixth time women's softball has appeared at the Games, with Tokyo the last time both sports featured after being dropped for Paris 2024. Tanya Harding competed at four consecutive Olympics after softball made its debut in Atlanta in 1996, winning three bronze medals and one silver. Four-time Olympian, Tanya Harding with her Olympic medals collected during her Australian Softball career. ( ABC News: Glen Mullane ) She said it would be devastating if the sport was not involved in Brisbane. "It would make me really sad because I think that it would be such a downfall for our sport," she said. "We struggle to compete with the bigger professional sports, rugby, the AFL, now that have all strong women's programs, we just don't have that presence, and we don't have the same funding. "So if we're not in 2032 … I'm not too sure what would happen to the sport of softball post that, particularly for young girls." Pitch for international appeal Softball/baseball last appeared at the Olympics in Tokyo 2020. ( Getty Images: Yuichi Masuda ) Last month, Brisbane Organising Committee boss He has since told ABC Sport that the committee's focus is working with bodies, including the IOC, International Paralympic Committee, sports federations and AOC, to finalise the sport program. Photo shows A stylised graphic with three silhouettes of unidentified a female footballer, tennis player, basketballer ABC Sport and Deakin University have partnered to produce the first ABC Elite Athletes in Australian Women's Sport Survey. "We've had strong interest from a range of sports wanting to be involved in our Games and I expect that interest will continue in the months ahead," he said. "We look forward to our sport program taking shape and presenting it to the IOC and IPC in due course." Loh said she wanted to remind organisers that softball and baseball are not new Olympic sports, as they have to pitch along with dozens of other sports to be included in the program for Brisbane. "We're working really, really hard … to demonstrate our power in growing the game and having that ability to generate revenue for Brisbane Olympics," she said. "We are international sports. Baseball and softball is massive … internationally, over 137 countries play and there's billions of viewers. "So when it comes to ticketing and the ability from the global stage, we're very confident we're actually going help deliver a really successful games." Softball Australia CEO Sarah Loh. ( ABC News: Glen Mullane ) However, Loh said the pockets of the tier two sport do not run deep. "To have chequebooks to be able to get into Olympics that just can't happen for us … we don't have that type of money,' she said. "All we can do is present our sport of softball and baseball, as a rich traditional history that has every right to be in the Olympics. "It's about grassroots giving young girls and boys the opportunity to play a sport that may not be football or cricket or netball or soccer." Baseball Australia has been working alongside its softball counterpart to ensure it stays on the program from Los Angeles to Brisbane. CEO Glenn Williams said Australia can recreate another silver medal moment like in Athens 2004. Australia won baseball silver at the Athens 2004 Olympics. ( Getty Images: Nick Laham ) "In the conversations that I continue to have there's a genuine surprise when we say we're not guaranteed of being in Brisbane," Williams said. "People assume that baseball-softball will be there and we're hoping that the decision makers view that as something favourable. "We have about 150 collegiate athletes in the US at the moment … Travis Bazzana was the number one pick in the MLB draft last year and he's from northern part of Sydney and is doing great for the Cleveland Guardians." Bid for the 2027 Softball World Cup Softball Australia's push to be a part of Brisbane 2032 centres around a bid to host the 2027 Softball World Cup in Brisbane – the key qualification event for the LA Olympics. It would be the first time Australia has hosted the tournament since the inaugural event in 1965 in Melbourne. Members of the Aussie Spirit, the national softball team, training in Brisbane. ( ABC News: Glen Mullane ) Loh said if the bid is unsuccessful, it will weaken Softball Australia's ability to showcase to the Brisbane Organising Committee that they are a global sport that can generate sponsorship and broadcast revenue. Additionally, the team would likely have to travel to another country to qualify, losing home advantage and costing Softball Australia hundreds of thousands of dollars. After securing some funding from the Queensland State Government, Loh has pleaded with both sides of the federal government ahead of this weekend's election. "We're only looking for $750,000," she said. "It is going to be the smallest investment that's going have the biggest impact on a small sport like us, a women's sport, to be able to grow our participation numbers and to bring the top eight countries around the world to Brisbane." A Government spokesperson told the ABC in a statement it has "funded significant events on the green and gold runway and assess(es) each proposal on its merit through the Major Events Legacy Framework." Federal Shadow Minister for Sport Anne Rushton provided a statement saying the Coalition wants to ensure Brisbane 2032 is the "best possible event" by "supporting sports which inspire young Australians and showcase our national talent to the world."
