East Brisbane campaigners see finish line in battle against the Gabba rebuild

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The champagne corks are not quite popping around the Gabba, but the local community members who have campaigned against the $2.7 billion rebuild for almost three years are upbeat after the Australian Olympic Committee effectively killed off the idea.

has given the adjacent East Brisbane State School a possible reprieve from oblivion, as the rebuilt stadium’s footprint was set to squeeze the school out of its site.As it stood, Education Queensland planned to move the school to a site next to Coorparoo Secondary College. A spokesman for Education Minister Di Farmer said it was too early to comment on the ramifications of a Gabba policy reversal, given it had not been confirmed.

AOC president Ian Chesterman said on Thursday there were “more creative solutions than rebuilding the Gabba” for the 2032 Olympic Games, following on from Olympic heavyweight John Coates’ comments to News Corp the previous day that the project should be abandoned. Greens MP Amy MacMahon, whose South Brisbane electorate took in the Gabba, said Premier Steven Miles did not need to wait for Quirk’s review to be concluded to call time on the project.“Labor has to come clean with what their plans are for the Gabba before the council election next month, or they should expect a wipeout for them to the Greens,” she said.

 

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