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Yagara Magandjin Corporation Files Federal Bid to Protect Barrambin From Olympic Stadium

Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt will review the Section 10 application under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act to decide on a binding protection order.

A man walks at the Victoria Park-Barrambin, where the main stadium will be built for the 2032 Olympics, in Brisbane, Australia July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Nick Mulvenney/File Photo
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Overview

  • The Yagara Magandjin Aboriginal Corporation lodged a Section 10 application seeking long-term federal heritage protection for Victoria Park (Barrambin) against a planned 63,000-seat Olympic stadium.
  • The application activates a review by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and places the final decision with Minister Murray Watt.
  • Queensland legislation enacted in June overrides 15 planning and heritage laws to fast-track Olympic infrastructure while prescribing a bespoke cultural heritage consultation process and management plan.
  • YMAC spokesperson Gaja Kerry Charlton and community activists warn that the stadium construction threatens ancient trees, artefacts, ecosystems and potential ancestral remains at the site.
  • Save Victoria Park and YMAC are preparing additional legal challenges at both federal and state levels to block the development pending the minister’s ruling.