Olympics for the People Summit
Can the Olympics make our city better for regular people? Hear from the experts and have your say at this community summit.
Every Olympics is a thrill, and Brisbane residents want the Games to succeed, but right now regular people aren’t invited to the party. It seems like Labor and the LNP are using the Olympics to help their developer and property speculator mates get rich by driving up house prices and rents and selling public land.
Despite spending $15 billion on the Games, their Olympics plan gives almost nothing back. It includes no new public or affordable homes, no extra public transport projects, and a big reduction in green space.
We need an Olympics for the people. The Olympics should create decent public and affordable homes on public land, better public transport, greener cities, and a better life for locals.
One of the ongoing legacies of Expo88 is the much loved South Bank precinct. It took a historic campaign to stop it being sold to developers for wall-to-wall high rise development, instead of public parkland.
We’re pushing for the same kind of legacy for 2032 - a city we can afford and that we’re proud to live in.
Join Elizabeth Watson-Brown MP and Michael Berkman MP for a public summit to bring Brisbane residents together, hear from experts on what the Olympics has meant for cities around the world and what it could mean for Brisbane.
SPEAKERS
Eizabeth Watson-Brown, MP for Ryan, and award-winning architect, speaking on the need for an Olympics that puts people, not the property industry, first.
Michael Berkman, MP for Maiwar, speaking on the strategy for winning a better Olympics.
Philip Thalis, Professor of Practice at UNSW and award-winning architect, speaking on the lessons from the Sydney 2000 Olympics legacy.
Tessa Leggo, Director Fred St Landscape Architecture, speaking about the Green Pathways Gold Places plan for a positive Brisbane 2032 legacy.
Philip Oldfield, Head of School at UNSW Built Environment, speaking about how the Olympics can be used to deliver beautifully designed public and affordable housing.
Dr Kelly Bertolaccini, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University speaking on fixing public transport in Brisbane.
Rowan Gray, President of Better Transport Queensland Inc, a member-based organisation speaking on shifting the narrative away from car-centric ideologies and towards public and active transport.
Dr Jon Piccini, historian of social movements at Australian Catholic University speaking on the political contest over Expo88, and how South Bank was won.
Dr Catherin Bull AM, Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture, speaking on the creation of the much loved public space at South Bank in the wake of Expo88.
Mark Allen, former Urban and Environmental Planner, speaking on the student activism pushing for a better deal from Expo88.
Viv Clifton-Jones, from Save Victoria Park Inc, on the State and Federal government plans for Victoria Park/Barrambin or Walan and campaign to protect it.
Gaja Kerry Charlton, Yagarabul Elder and Traditional Owner speaking on the efforts to protect cultural heritage from the proposed stadium at Victoria Park/Barrambin.
Aunty Sandra King OAM, Magandjin (Brisbane) born Elder woman of Yagara, Quandamooka, Bundjalung and South Sea Islander ancestry speaking on her early childhood years living in the post-war Victoria Park Housing Camp and her efforts to protect cultural heritage.
Dr Jesper Nielsen, coastal and estuarine engineer and “mud expert” speaking on how we could clean up the Brisbane River.
Jonathan Sriranganathan, musician, writer and former Councillor speaking on the vision for a swimmable river.
Cr Trina Massey, Greens Councillor for The Gabba Ward speaking on the urgent need for affordable housing and better design.
Cr Seal Chong-Wah, Greens Councillor for Paddington Ward speaking on the campaign to protect Barrambin / Victoria Park.
Can the Olympics make our city better for regular people? Hear from the experts and have your say at this community summit.
Every Olympics is a thrill, and Brisbane residents want the Games to succeed, but right now regular people aren’t invited to the party. It seems like Labor and the LNP are using the Olympics to help their developer and property speculator mates get rich by driving up house prices and rents and selling public land.
Despite spending $15 billion on the Games, their Olympics plan gives almost nothing back. It includes no new public or affordable homes, no extra public transport projects, and a big reduction in green space.
We need an Olympics for the people. The Olympics should create decent public and affordable homes on public land, better public transport, greener cities, and a better life for locals.
One of the ongoing legacies of Expo88 is the much loved South Bank precinct. It took a historic campaign to stop it being sold to developers for wall-to-wall high rise development, instead of public parkland.
We’re pushing for the same kind of legacy for 2032 - a city we can afford and that we’re proud to live in.
Join Elizabeth Watson-Brown MP and Michael Berkman MP for a public summit to bring Brisbane residents together, hear from experts on what the Olympics has meant for cities around the world and what it could mean for Brisbane.
SPEAKERS
Eizabeth Watson-Brown, MP for Ryan, and award-winning architect, speaking on the need for an Olympics that puts people, not the property industry, first.
Michael Berkman, MP for Maiwar, speaking on the strategy for winning a better Olympics.
Philip Thalis, Professor of Practice at UNSW and award-winning architect, speaking on the lessons from the Sydney 2000 Olympics legacy.
Tessa Leggo, Director Fred St Landscape Architecture, speaking about the Green Pathways Gold Places plan for a positive Brisbane 2032 legacy.
Philip Oldfield, Head of School at UNSW Built Environment, speaking about how the Olympics can be used to deliver beautifully designed public and affordable housing.
Dr Kelly Bertolaccini, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University speaking on fixing public transport in Brisbane.
Rowan Gray, President of Better Transport Queensland Inc, a member-based organisation speaking on shifting the narrative away from car-centric ideologies and towards public and active transport.
Dr Jon Piccini, historian of social movements at Australian Catholic University speaking on the political contest over Expo88, and how South Bank was won.
Dr Catherin Bull AM, Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture, speaking on the creation of the much loved public space at South Bank in the wake of Expo88.
Mark Allen, former Urban and Environmental Planner, speaking on the student activism pushing for a better deal from Expo88.
Viv Clifton-Jones, from Save Victoria Park Inc, on the State and Federal government plans for Victoria Park/Barrambin or Walan and campaign to protect it.
Gaja Kerry Charlton, Yagarabul Elder and Traditional Owner speaking on the efforts to protect cultural heritage from the proposed stadium at Victoria Park/Barrambin.
Aunty Sandra King OAM, Magandjin (Brisbane) born Elder woman of Yagara, Quandamooka, Bundjalung and South Sea Islander ancestry speaking on her early childhood years living in the post-war Victoria Park Housing Camp and her efforts to protect cultural heritage.
Dr Jesper Nielsen, coastal and estuarine engineer and “mud expert” speaking on how we could clean up the Brisbane River.
Jonathan Sriranganathan, musician, writer and former Councillor speaking on the vision for a swimmable river.
Cr Trina Massey, Greens Councillor for The Gabba Ward speaking on the urgent need for affordable housing and better design.
Cr Seal Chong-Wah, Greens Councillor for Paddington Ward speaking on the campaign to protect Barrambin / Victoria Park.
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Highlights
- 5 hours
- In person
Location
TAFE Queensland South Bank Campus
60 Tribune Street
South Brisbane, QLD 4101
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