Brisbane 2032 president Andrew Liveris says the bid budget "bears no resemblance to reality" as the financial impact of a dispersed Olympics hits home.

Brisbane 2032’s Olympic budget has blown out with extra costs associated with having a spread-out Games across Queensland, chairman Andrew Liveris has conceded.

Queensland premier David Crisafulli has pledged the decentralised Olympic Games will not cost the state “one extra cent” after Brisbane 2032 chairman Andrew Liveris revealed operational costs have already blown out.

Baz Luhrmann says Brisbane will provide a “striking backdrop” for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games – and he hasn’t ruled out stepping in as the creative genius behind it.

Sailing the Whitsunday islands. Surfing an iconic break in the Sunshine state. Rowing in the crocodile-inhabited Fitzroy River on the central coast of Queensland. Extra tourism-focused venues and a new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium to be built in inner-city ...

Brisbane 2032 executives have already had a taste of the issues confronting a spread out Olympic Games, with Australia’s winter team briefing them about logistic dramas surrounding the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.

Tourism industry figures are urging the Albanese government to make a major investment in upgrading antiquated arrival systems, including paper customs declaration cards, or face international embarrassment when the influx of tourists hits for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.

A Brisbane showcase and the Games’ first commercial partnership have been spruiked during a progress report to the IOC, while a mid-year start on Victoria Park is “full steam ahead”.

Here's a breakdown of where the next five Olympic games will take place.

As the city’s 2032 officials overnight updated the IOC in Milan on progress, we look at the five things we learnt. Brisbane 2032 President Andrew Liveris confirmed the first commercial partner – “one of the largest companies in Australia” – would be revealed in the second quarter of this year.

A top-notch Darlinghurst wine bar from the owner of Where’s Nick.

Brisbane 2032 boss Andrew Liveris has been fielding questions from Olympic bosses in Milan over the impact of taking the event regional.