The Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a significant event for all of Queensland. With it comes a unique set of challenges and opportunities. Delivery of a successful games will bring economic opportunity to Queensland, and lasting legacy benefits across transport, infrastructure, and in our sporting facilities.

Delivering a megaevent such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games is highly complex. It involves many stakeholders, spanning multiple layers of government as well as the private sector. Successful delivery will require strong planning, coordination, and risk management.

Given its significance in both nature and in investment, we plan to deliver a series of audits which will continue through to delivery of the games and beyond. The environment in which key government entities will need to operate in will change quickly over this period. As such, we will deliver our audit program in an agile manner to provide the right reports at the right time. This will give parliament and the public visibility and assurance over this key event.

We released our first report of the series, Preparing for the Brisbane Games (Report 5: 2024–25), in December 2024. This assessed the effectiveness of early planning activities, and the governance arrangements put in place by the government. The following figure details the key themes that will guide our audit work and reports to parliament over the life cycle of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

Our audits and focus areas over the next 3 years

We have aligned the focus of our reports with the key phases of the games life cycle. Over the next 3 years we plan to table at least one performance audit, and this may increase depending on the specific focus area of the report and the requirements of the entities involved.

Reports over this period on this plan will focus on:

• the ongoing establishment of effective governance arrangements across the relevant entities and organisations involved in the delivery of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games
• progress against planned milestones and whether actual and forecast costs remain within budget
• the development of effective whole-of-government and program-level risk management practices
• selection and use of appropriate and fit-for-purpose procurement arrangements to deliver planned infrastructure and transport projects.

We may also use these audits to undertake follow-up activities over recommendations made during previous reports.

Who we plan to audit:

• Department of Sport, Racing and Olympic and Paralympic Games
• Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning
• Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee
• Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority
• selected local governments.

We will work closely with key entities involved in planning and delivery of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games to determine the specific focus and timing of reports.