Brisbane Lord Mayor walks out on Olympics Leaders Forum after being asked to fork out $90million for a temporary home for Lions and Heat calling it a 'dysfunctional farce'

Brisbane's Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has sensationally quit the Olympic and Paralympic Games Intergovernmental Leaders Forum leaving the redevelopment of the Gabba for the 2023 Games in limbo.

Cr Schrinner was part of bipartisan team including members of the LNP Brisbane City Council and the Labor State Government tasked with managing the upgrade and construction of infrastructure for the 2023 Olympics.

That includes the $2.7billion redevelopment of the Gabba that will see the Brisbane Lions and Queensland Bulls/Heat without a home for up to four seasons.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and the Lord Mayor put their political rivalry aside in 2021 to fly to Tokyo as a united front to bid for the Games, which they won. 

However a major schism has now formed ahead of the Olympics, with Cr Schrinner waslking out on the forum, calling it a 'pointless talkfest'.

'I think the State Government's game playing is jeopardising the games. And they are quickly losing the support of the people of Queensland,' Cr said.

In a statement he said 'it became very apparent that the Intergovernmental Leaders' Forum is a dysfunctional farce, a pointless talkfest established to placate key stakeholders while all the real decisions are made by the State Government behind closed doors.'

The major sticking point for Cr Schrinner was the proposed redevelopment of the central RNA Showgrounds into a boutique venue for the Lions, Bulls and Heat during the Gabba upgrade.

Brisbane City Council was asked to fork out $91million for that development, leaving Cr Schrinner fuming.

'The game playing that happened last week was the final straw,' he said.

Cr Schrinner has now called for an independent  body to oversee Brisbane's preparations like there was in Sydney 2000 and for London 2012.

'It's clear we weren't at the decision making table because the decisions were being made in secret behind closed doors,' he said.

'We have to get the games back on track and it has to be done through an Independent authority.'

Tourism and Sport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe called the Lord Mayor's move 'a bit bewildering' but said the door is still open for Schrinner to have a seat back at the table.

The Minister is planning to meet with representatives from the RNA, AFL and Cricket bodies in the coming days.