Gina Rinehart lobbied for controversial plan to move 2032 Olympic rowing to crocodile-inhabited river
An undated letter from Gina Rinehart to Queensland’s deputy premier, Jarrod Bleijie, lobbied for the relocation of the Brisbane Olympic Games 2032 rowing events to the Fitzroy River, a natural habitat for saltwater crocodiles. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAPView image in fullscreenAn undated letter from Gina Rinehart to Queensland’s deputy premier, Jarrod Bleijie, lobbied for the relocation of the Brisbane Olympic Games 2032 rowing events to the Fitzroy River, a natural habitat for saltwater crocodiles. Photograph: Sylvia Liber/The GuardianInternational and Australian rowing officials and competitors have raised various concerns, including that a rowing facility built in Rockhampton would become a “white elephant”.
- ▪An undated letter from Gina Rinehart to Queensland’s deputy premier, Jarrod Bleijie, lobbied for the relocation of the Brisbane Olympic Games 2032 rowing events to the Fitzroy River, a natural habitat for saltwater crocodiles.
- ▪Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAPView image in fullscreenAn undated letter from Gina Rinehart to Queensland’s deputy premier, Jarrod Bleijie, lobbied for the relocation of the Brisbane Olympic Games 2032 rowing events to the Fitzroy River,
- ▪Photograph: Sylvia Liber/The GuardianInternational and Australian rowing officials and competitors have raised various concerns, including that a rowing facility built in Rockhampton would become a “white elephant”.
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An undated letter from Gina Rinehart to Queensland’s deputy premier, Jarrod Bleijie, lobbied for the relocation of the Brisbane Olympic Games 2032 rowing events to the Fitzroy River, a natural habitat for saltwater crocodiles. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAPView image in fullscreenAn undated letter from Gina Rinehart to Queensland’s deputy premier, Jarrod Bleijie, lobbied for the relocation of the Brisbane Olympic Games 2032 rowing events to the Fitzroy River, a natural habitat for saltwater crocodiles.
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