Brisbane news LIVE updates: Expert panel ‘backs Victoria Park stadium’

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie received the first draft of the 100-day Brisbane 2032 Olympic infrastructure review at the weekend.

As Cameron Atfield writes, this starts the process to finalise the venues and connections needed for the event.

The report remains officially under wraps for now, but according to reports on last night’s Nine News, it recommends building a new stadium at Victoria Park.

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A new stadium is something the premier rejected before last year’s election, although he’s been walking away from that position since.

Nine says senior LNP members preferred the option of rebuilding the Gabba.

But the draft review questions whether this could be done in time, as the Gabba can’t be demolished until after Tests in the Ashes cricket series are played there in December.

When asked if the Premier would follow recommendations of the review, his office said the government would make its plan public on March 25.

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