Queensland MPs to Skip Paris as Brisbane Olympic Venue Row Rages
‘I won’t be attending, neither will the premier,’ said Infrastructure Minister Grace Grace
(L-R) Councillor Adrian Schrinner, Lord Mayor of Brisbane; Senator Richard Colbeck, Minister for Senior Australians, Aged Care Services, and Sport; John Coates AC, President, Australian Olympic Committee; James Tomkins, three time Olympic gold medalist; and Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Trade, attend a press conference after Brisbane was announced as the 2032 Summer Olympics host city during the 138th IOC Session at Hotel Okura in Tokyo, Japan, on July 21, 2021. Toru Hanai/Getty Images