LNP Senator Gerard Rennick has told Sky News he doesnтАЩt want to see the federal government commit 50 per cent of funds to the Olympics given funding to essential services is тАЬway down in QueenslandтАЭ.
The Morrison government agreed to Premier Annastacia PalaszczukтАЩs request to jointly fund the Olympics should the frontrunner city Brisbane win the games.
Senator Rennick said while he was not against the Olympics if it could be done тАЬcost neutral,тАЭ he is тАЬextremely scepticalтАЭ it could be done.
тАЬIn regional Queensland, weтАЩve seen a decline in essential services over the last 30 years under Labor governments,тАЭ he said.
тАЬWhen Annastacia Palaszczuk came out two weeks ago and said she wanted to spend a billion dollars on knocking down the Gabba only to rebuild with another additional 8,000 seats, I just thought that was a step too far.
тАЬI just donтАЩt think we should be committing funds to that sort of reckless expenditure.тАЭ
