Fewer Queenslanders are volunteering year-on-year, but the spike in numbers the 2032 Brisbane Games are expected to bring might not be the saving grace it has been touted as, a governmental inquiry has found.

The inquiry into volunteering in Queensland, released on Thursday, found the number of volunteers fell by about 200,000 people between 2020 and 2023, with those remaining “increasingly being expected to give more”.

“Those who remain are increasingly burdened by rising expectations, financial costs, and regulatory hurdles,” the report read.

To draw in new long-term volunteers, the state is hoping to leverage the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, but the report has cautioned the Games will bring fresh issues, as volunteer numbers were not a “zero-sum game”.

“While the Games can gal

See Full Page