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Plans for the Brisbane Olympics have been dismissed as 'half-baked', with the Queensland premier also slammed for blindsiding a 2032 Games infrastructure review.
LNP senator Bridget McKenzie didn't hold back outside an inquiry into Australia's Olympic preparations, saying the Brisbane Games were heading in the wrong direction with 'a lot of buck passing but no building'.
Ms McKenzie was among senators on the inquiry panel in Brisbane on Wednesday, telling Olympic supremo John Coates that unnamed department insiders had described 2032 Games infrastructure plans as 'half-baked and half-a**ed'.
The International Olympic Committee vice-president would not comment on the 'rude' language at the public hearing.
But Ms McKenzie later agreed with the harsh assessment, saying 'nothing has been done' almost three years after Brisbane was named 2032 host.
Bridget McKenzie didn't hold back on the Queensland government's plans for the Olympics
Plans for the 2032 Games have been described as 'half-baked and half-a**ed'
'From the evidence I've heard thus far it has been half-a**ed and half-baked - I think the department officials were correct,' she told reporters outside the inquiry.
'From the paperwork we've seen, there's no feasibility studies, there's no business cases, there's no funding agreements, there's no sod-turning - nothing has been done.'
The senator also took aim at Queensland Premier Steven Miles for holding his own infrastructure review while an independent assessment was underway.
Former lord mayor Graham Quirk led the independent review, handing down his report last month.
However, Mr Quirk told the inquiry he had been
