Brisbane, QLD

‘The living flame’: Why Brisbane 2032 emblem designers chose a cheeky cockatoo

The Age Cameron Atfield

5 Oct 2026 19:00 AEDT Summary

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After sifting through hundreds of ideas, the designers kept gravitating back to a native bird.

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The Age ‘The living flame’: Why Brisbane 2032 emblem designers chose a cheeky cockatoo plain
WAtoday New Olympic emblems to be revealed plain
WAtoday Thorpe Scooter reveal first piece of Olympic emblem plain

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WAtoday, The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times and The Age also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.

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The Ageas they published this story	87.4

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