David Crisafulli

This really is that signature project.

It really is that centrepiece and people just want us to get on with it.

We've released the plan and I want Queenslanders to know when the eyes of the world are on us, we're going to get this right, not just for the event, but for generational infrastructure.

always respect people's right to have a different point of view.

That's healthy in a democracy.

But from today, it's a construction site.

So it wouldn't be safe for protesters to be there, nor for the workers who have to get on and build it.

We set a window of $7.1 billion, and we've been well supported by the federal government in helping to fund that.