It was meant to showcase accessibility upgrades for Paralympians at a Brisbane sports venue ahead of the 2032 games. But in an embarrassing blunder, a planned tour of the facility was not wheelchair accessible. The bungle follows debate over a new stadium for the city.
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00:00 A grand unveiling of a multi-million dollar makeover for a South East Queensland sports
00:08 complex.
00:10 The Chanda Precinct is already an important venue for para sports and these works will
00:15 only make it more accessible and user friendly.
00:18 The only problem, the para athletes invited couldn't join the tour, which involved several
00:24 flights of stairs.
00:25 Oh look I think, look I apologise for that, I think there were arrangements made and there
00:30 was miscommunication.
00:31 Full accessibility, diversity and inclusion matters to us.
00:35 I also apologise for the oversight.
00:36 I mean it's really very important that we set the tone.
00:39 Our reporter also unable to view the precinct.
00:43 My understanding is the centre organised it, my office is not on site here.
00:47 We do not have the privy of where we were going.
00:51 It comes amid renewed debate over venues for the event.
00:55 Brisbane 2032 Games Chief Executive Cindy Hook yesterday encouraging people to speak
01:01 up if they want a new Olympic Stadium.
01:03 I spend every single day out in Queensland talking to Queenslanders, hearing from them
01:08 what they think and if they wanted a new three and a half billion dollar stadium they would
01:14 have told me that.
01:15 Politics is all about optics and press conferences are often carefully planned events, making
01:22 today's bungle all the more embarrassing for the government.
01:25 It's taken the focus away from its latest cost of living measure, funding for free meals
01:30 at state schools.
01:31 Whether it's through a school lunch or a school breakfast or whether it's buying from the
01:36 tuck shop, we are increasing the number of healthy options for them.
01:40 They say there's no such thing as a free lunch but the Premier clearly disagrees.
01:45 I'm pretty hungry.
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