Perspective. Not noise.
Observations from inside government, recovery rooms and major events. Take what’s useful. Forward to whoever needs it.
- Brisbane 2032·June 2026
When the Venue Plan Changes: What Brisbane 2032 Delivery Teams Need to Know Now
Venue scope changes and cost revisions on Brisbane 2032 are not a crisis. They are a delivery signal, and the teams who read them well will define the Games.
Read - Advisory Model·May 2026
The Case for Senior-Led Advisory
The mid-tier model sells with seniors and delivers with juniors. The solo model promises seniors and runs out of hours. Senior-led advisory holds the line in both directions, and tells you who's actually doing the work.
Read - Infrastructure·May 2026
Community engagement is not a soft skill
The industry treats community engagement as a softer, gentler version of real communications. After running media during the 2011 Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi, and 15 years of infrastructure programs since, the same lesson keeps showing up: it's the same discipline. Just with the consequences spread out.
Read - Brisbane 2032·April 2026
The $7.1 billion question nobody's asking about 2032
Most attention is on procurement and budgets. The harder challenge is earning community trust for 17 simultaneous construction projects across South East Queensland and regional centres, from Victoria Park Stadium to Cairns, Toowoomba and Rockhampton. I've done the GC2018 equivalent. Here's what 2032 needs to get right from day one.
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