Gina Rinehart lobbied for controversial plan to move 2032 Olympic rowing to crocodile-inhabited river

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Decision to host event on Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, 600km north of host city Brisbane, prompted significant backlash

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Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, lobbied for controversial plans to host 2032 Olympic rowing events on the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, documents released by the Queensland government show.

The plans to send rowers 600km north of host city Brisbane – to a river that is natural habitat for saltwater crocodiles, and which prompted significant backlash among the rowing and broader Olympic communities – were announced by the Queensland government in March last year.
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