Federal decision clears path for Brisbane Stadium at Victoria Park

Federal environmental authorities have cleared Brisbane’s 63,000-seat Olympic stadium at Barrambin/Victoria Park, after an utility was submitted final 12 months by the Yagara Magandjin Aboriginal Company and Save Victoria Park in search of safety of the location from main Olympic improvement.

The appliance, made underneath Part 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Safety Act, sought long-term safety for Barrambin/Victoria Park as a major Aboriginal space thought-about to be underneath menace of harm or desecration.

The federal environmental division has now decided the proposed Brisbane Stadium at Victoria Park and the Nationwide Aquatic Centre on the close by Centenary Pool web site in Spring Hill “not a managed motion” underneath federal atmosphere legislation.

In accordance with the Division of Local weather Change, Vitality, the Surroundings and Water, a “not a managed motion” willpower means the proposal is unlikely to have a major affect on protected issues, no matter how it’s undertaken, and might proceed with out additional federal environmental evaluation.

Cox, Hassell and Azusa Sekkei’s design for Brisbane Stadium was first unveiled in January as the town’s predominant Olympic venue, with its location, measurement and orientation close to Gilchrist Avenue in Victoria Park confirmed in March 2026. The design workforce for the Nationwide Aquatic Centre is but to be introduced.

Preparatory works on the Brisbane Stadium web site will start following its switch to the Video games Unbiased Infrastructure and Coordination Authority (GIICA) on 1 June.