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Morrison and Bach are both in Tokyo this week
and used the opportunity to meet, alongside IOC member and
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates.
In a video posted on the AOC Twitter page, Coates said Morrison
had expressed his "full support" for Brisbane's 2032 bid during
the meeting.
"Prime Minister Morrison and President Thomas Bach had a very
good meeting this morning," said Coates, who is also chair of
the IOC's Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commission.
"The Prime Minister reiterated the full support of the
Australian Government for Queensland and Brisbane's candidature
for the 2032 Olympics Games. The full support."
Bach has previously praised the early planning within
Australia's 2032 bid, which would be centred on Queensland
state's capital city, Brisbane.
Bach and Morrison also discussed holding sporting events during
the novel coronavirus pandemic.
During meetings with Tokyo Games' organisers on Monday, Bach
expressed confidence that the Olympics can be held safely next
year [M1L1N2I201B].
Australia, alongside Canada, pulled out of coming to the Tokyo
Games before the postponement decision was made in March,
because of safety fears related to COVID-19.
(Reporting by Jack Tarrant; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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