Queensland premier Steven Miles rejects plan for multibillion-dollar Olympic stadium in Brisbane
by Andrew Messenger and Eden Gillespie from World news | The Guardian on (#6KDYH)
Former lord mayor Graham Quirk's review recommended a new $3.4bn stadium be built in Victoria Park instead of Gabba rebuild
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The Queensland premier, Steven Miles, has sensationally rejected an independent recommendation for a multibillion-dollar Olympic stadium in Victoria Park.
The former Brisbane lord mayor Graham Quirk, who was commissioned to conduct a 60-day review by the state government in January, recommended a planned $2.7bn knockdown and rebuild of the Gabba cricket ground, be scrapped.
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