Interview with 7NEWS Brisbane
21 July 2021
Host: Let's go to someone who played a big part in tonight's bid, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison, if you can hear us amongst all this music. Congratulations. You must be over the moon.
Prime Minister: Well, now Brisbane will be shooting for the stars, how good is Brisbane, how good is Queensland and how good is Australia? The whole world's going to see it again and we're just absolutely stoked about this. Congratulations to everyone involved. To Coatesy, to Annastacia Palaszczuk and Adrian Schrinner. Everyone who's been involved here in pulling this together. The people of Brisbane, the people of Queensland. We're going to put it on. And this is a great ray of hope for us at a time when I think all Australians really need it.
Host: Prime Minister, now we've gotta ask you, this still has to be paid for. Just checking, you're still going to come to the party 50/50?
Prime Minister: Yeah. It's a 50/50 partnership, we're sharing everything in doing this together, that's what we said we'd do. Share the decisions, share the cost, doing all of this for the people of Australia and the people of Queensland and Brisbane and southeast Queensland. So an absolute true partnership. That's what brought this off. We said we'd do it together. That's what these Games are going to be about, Australians doing it together. And that is really what I think shone through, that partnership that we brought to this and get out there and celebrate Brisbane and do it safely, though. COVIDSafe, of course. But of course, enjoy the moment. It's a great time for the city of Brisbane, another Olympic city in Australia. How good.
Host: You beauty. Alright, we'll go you halves Scott Morrison, thank you very much for your time, Prime Minister.
