Brisbane 2032 - Olympic-sized white elephants

Another, is that they take our governments' and public service minds off the more important tasks they were elected and paid to do – running the country and delivering services in an efficient manner.

Last, there is that basic economic rule called opportunity cost: if you allocate a large proportion of your finite resources to project X, there will not be enough for perhaps more urgent, important and value-adding projects, like hospitals or research facilities.

Remember, except for five years, Labor governments have held office in Queensland, since 1989.

They have cancelled important infrastructure like dams.

They have built expensive non-performing desalination plants.

They have built, at great costs, under-utilised quarantine camps during the pandemic.

The current Palaszczuk Labor Government cannot keep open enough maternity wards across the state, ensure our streets safe from youth crime or even, as an independent commission of inquiry informed us, run a forensic test laboratory.

So, how are they going to run the biggest sporting mega-event on earth?