“Absolute nonsense”: Annastacia Palaszczuk slams Brisbane renaming
Annastacia Palaszczuk has slammed the idea that Brisbane would be renamed ahead of the city hosting the Olympics in 2032.
On Wednesday, 4BC radio host and journalist Peter Gleeson shared that he has heard whispers that the Queensland premier and her government are “working behind the scenes” to change the name of Brisbane to its traditional Indigenous name of “Meanjin”.
However, Palaszczuk said rumours of the renaming are untrue.
“No, that is absolute nonsense,” she said.
Despite quashing the rumours, many are still up in arms over the potential renaming.
Furious One Nation leader Pauline Hanson was asked about the rumours shared on 4BC of the possible name change and described the idea as “ridiculous”.
“How insane is this, to actually want to change the name of Brisbane, that's been called Brisbane for what 150 years plus,” Senator Hanson told Sky News Australia.
“And we're going to change it to a name that – I can’t even remember what you said, within a matter of a few seconds – I can't remember.”
“And I have no intention of actually wanting to remember. So the fact is, to me it will be Brisbane. Wanting to change it to some Aboriginal name is absolutely ridiculous.”
The name Meanjin is derived from the Turrbal word for the spike of land on which parts of Brisbane was built.
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