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New train station suggested, as location for Victoria Park stadium revealed
News Corp is this morning reporting a new Olympic Park train station could be built near the Games stadium, to be located at the southern end of Victoria Park.
A commercial-in-confidence dossier by Queensland Rail, not released publicly, apparently shows the stadium will be built at Victoria Park over the waterhole at the end of Gilchrist Avenue, adjacent to the existing pedestrian bridge.
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A warm-up athletics track would be at the eastern end of the park, next to the busway station, with a second pedestrian bridge built over the Inner City Bypass to link the stadium with the new National Aquatic Centre.
The report said Queensland Rail proposed a new three-platform train station to be built at the site of the rollingstock wash facility next to the Inner City Bypass.
The Exhibition Station was recently revamped, and expected to be permanently opened from 2029 when Cross River Rail starts, but it is about a half-hour walk to Victoria Park, where the new 63,000-seat stadium will be built.
7.17am
Another windy winter's day
Another breezy Brisbane day is forecast, although it might not be as windy as Wednesday was.
The weather bureau predicts westerlies in the River City today of up to 45km/h, but easing into the evening, on a sunny day.
Thermometers should show the mercury creep up to a top of 20 degrees, although if yesterday was anything to go by, the 'feels like' temperature would be far chillier.
Here's the seven-day outlook:
7.08am
While you were sleeping
Here's what's making news further afield this morning:
When the verdict was read out, Sean 'Diddy' Combs clasped his hands together in a prayer motion, as if thanking God, looked to the jury and hugged his lawyer. Later, as the court was adjourned, he got down on his knees, rested his hands and face on his chair, and appeared to pray.
Back home, the nation's four biggest banks expect the Reserve Bank to deliver the first back-to-back interest rate cut in half a decade as evidence grows that Australian households have yet to recover from the financial scars caused by high inflation and falling real incomes.
As horrified parents grapple with the latest sexual abuse scandal at a childcare centre, which has forced 1200 preschoolers to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases, an abuse survivors' collective has called for a ban on male workers.
Chinese electric car giant BYD sold a record number of vehicles in Australia last month, reflecting its aggressive local expansion campaign, and the sinking popularity of Elon Musk's Tesla.
6.54am
The top stories this morning
Good morning, welcome to Brisbane Times' live news coverage for Thursday, July 3. Today we can expect a windy, sunny day, with a top temperature of 20 degrees.
In this morning's local headlines:
Homicide detectives are zeroing in on a 90-minute window the night Brisbane businessman Greg Josephson was allegedly killed in his multimillion-dollar Clayfield home. Police revealed they were focusing on the time between 7pm and 8.30pm and appealed for dashcam footage from surrounding streets.
A worker has died on a central Queensland wind farm after an incident on Wednesday, halting operations as investigation are launched.
Premier David Crisafulli insists the industrial offer to nurses and midwives sets out 'nation-leading wages', but the union accused the government of gaslighting workers and has confirmed stronger protected action will kick off on Tuesday.
Stephen Hodgkinson hopes enhanced forensic testing and a $500,000 reward will help reveal who killed his father Bryan nearly 40 years ago. Taxi driver Bryan Hodgkinson, 48, didn't return home from an overnight shift in Bundaberg on the morning of September 10, 1987.