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After months of making life hell for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics Planning committee, inner-Brisbane resident Jen Trifia (34) is starting to question if she’s on the wrong side of history.
This comes as Australia leads the gold medal tally in the first week of the Paris games.
Jen says she now knows her vocal criticism of the plans to redevelop her light industrial suburb into a world class sports and entertainment precinct was just simply a way of saying NO to the government after a 3 years of restrictive public health measures during the pandemic.
“Kind of like how all the rednecks voted No to an Indigenous Voice” she says.
“It wasn’t even about was the question was… it was just about being able to say fuck you to the people that locked us down”
But as the Olympic gold medals start rolling in from our women’s swimmers, kayakers and cyclists – Jen iss starting to feel that same Olympic spirit that overtook her family during the Sydney games.
“I take it all back.” she says.
“This feels like the 2023 Matildas all over again.”
“Please”
“I want Brisbane to put on a good show. Please don’t force our city to host these games at QSAC. This kind of occasion calls for more than Mount Gravatt can give”
With only eight years to go until the Olympic flame arrives in Brisbane, the preparations have become a political football.
But it’s not just Jen. There’s more to the anti-Olympics campaign than these new Woolloongabba residents that have scorched the light industrial suburb of any character by making non-stop noise complaints about the live music coming from historic pubs, and fighting tooth and nail to protect the strangely peaceful atmosphere in this inner-city enclave that used to be home to rubber factories and public housing.
With a right-wing State Opposition that would prefer for Queensland to humiliate ourselves on a global stage to score some cheap points over the current government, and droves of intellectual left-wing politicians who think sport is for dumb bogans – it seems that nobody has been able to agree on anything.
Jen says she understands now that whinging for whinging’s sake is not a useful way to spend her time.
“To the organisers of these games. Please forgive me” she says.
“I give you full permission to bulldoze all those car dealerships and Chemist Warehouses on Logan road”
“C’mon Aussie, C’mon!!!”
