00:00It's showtime for the Royal Queensland Show.
00:05We are firing the starters gun on being ready for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
00:09The state government holding cabinet on-site,
00:12announcing restoration of the heritage-listed John MacDonald and Ernest Baines grandstands
00:18to begin when this year's ECCA wraps,
00:20while the machinery hill stand will be torn down after the 2026 show.
00:25It's those regional competitors who come and use this main arena every year
00:29and have done so for the last 150 years,
00:32and this means that they can continue doing that for another 150 years.
00:36The upgrades will deliver a 20,000-seat stadium for the Games,
00:40with the Bowen Hills site to house the Brisbane Athletes' Village.
00:43How much of that will be dedicated to social and affordable homes
00:46following the event remains unknown, as well as the timeline for delivery.
00:51We have to make sure it's a mix that financially stacks up
00:53to make it affordable to partner with the private sector to deliver this.
00:57The cost of the upgrades is unclear.
00:59The government assuring it's contained in the $7.1 billion funding envelope.
01:04The RNA has conceded some compromises will need to be made,
01:08but says 2032 is the only year that ECCA won't be held here.
01:13Oh, it's a bit of a shame.
01:14It'd be nice to open it up to the world, wouldn't it?
01:16Oh, that'd be very disappointing for everybody,
01:18with the country people wanting to meet the city.
01:20You've got to adapt sometimes, don't you?
01:23It seems like a long time away, but it's not really, is it?
01:26One stand missing from this year's show was the free flu vaccination clinic,
01:30axed by the state government, which insists it's on the front foot.
01:34We started the vaccinations and that rolled out a few weeks earlier,
01:38and it's going to go a little longer.
01:40And right now cases are down by about 2%.
01:43We're done.
01:44There are many activities that are mı and down by about 2,000 people.
01:45Thank you, man.
01:46You, they'reisme.
01:47And they're doing it right now.
01:48And they're coming up with us.
01:49And they are getting ready to go a little bit.
01:50And we're going to get ready to go a little bit.
01:52And after that, we have to get ahead of it as soon as we can see,
01:55And they're saying,
01:57we're getting ready to get paid to the table.
01:58There's a lot of people who are going to share the tibetan.
02:00And then, we've also got to ask.
02:01And then we're going to give them a little bit of it.
02:02And we're going to get the money,
02:03And we're going to get to get paid.
02:04My hands are getting paid for the bill,
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