The current period of Labor dominance of mainland politics is likely to be brief: Queensland Labor now looks set for a wipe-out in October in the wake of huge swings to the Liberal National Party on the weekend. That means that the problems of Brisbane’s disastrous “winning” of the 2032 Olympics (against exactly no competition) will belong to the LNP from then on.
Queensland Labor has discovered, to its cost, that voters are starting to wise up to the pernicious habit of politicians promising major sports infrastructure that yields minimal social or economic benefit and ends up costing far more than promised.
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