CITIES AND TOWNS – QUEENSLAND

IOC rule flip puts Brisbane in frame

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Original article by Wayne Smith
The Australian – Page: 2 : 28-Jun-19

Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says changes to the Olympic Charter will boost the chances of southeast Queensland bidding for the 2032 Summer Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee has traditionally selected the host city just seven years before the event, but it has agreed to extend this to up to 12 years. Southeast Queensland is already widely regarded as the favourite to win the 2032 Olympics, and IOC president Thomas Bach has praised Brisbane’s feasibility study on hosting the world’s biggest sporting event.

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BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL, INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET

Job woes threaten surplus effort

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Original article by Andrew Fraser
The Australian – Page: 4 : 7-Jan-15

Queensland’s unemployment rate has fallen from 7.1 per cent in October 2014 to 6.9 per cent, although the jobless rate remains higher than most of the other Australian states. The employment outlook may be a key issue for the 2015 state election, particularly in towns and regions with high jobless rates. Towns that support the mining industry have been hard hit by the downturn in the resources boom, with many "fly-in, fly-out" workers losing their jobs

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QUEENSLAND. TREASURY, QUEENSLAND RESOURCES COUNCIL LIMITED, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET