Courtesy Isabella Quaid, Queensland.com The Olympic and Paralympic Games will take place in Australia for the third time after Brisbane was confirmed as the host city in a vote by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Brisbane bid for the global sporting event was confirmed by IOC members who met in Tokyo on Wednesday 21 July. “The International Olympic Committee has the honour of announcing that the Games of the XXXV Olympiad in 2032 is awarded to Brisbane, Austr