Business & Council
19 June, 2026
Goondiwindi Goes For Gold
New bid worth $40 million in wider community benefits! The promise that the Games will go ‘Beyond Brisbane’ is being put to the test after a regional Queensland community has banded together to launch a public bid to bring the bush to Brisbane in 2032.
The campaign “Goondiwindi Goes For Gold” is led by the multi-generational family business Goondiwindi Cotton who has lodged a formal bid to supply uniforms for volunteers and officials at the Games in 2032.
Preliminary economic forecasting predicts that a winning bid for Goondiwindi Cotton would mean an economic output boost of more than $40 million* over five years to the community, contributing to both job creation, brand awareness and regional spending.
Goondiwindi Cotton founder Sam Coulton said a formal expression of interest (EOI) lodged this week will help organisers and government fulfill their promise to make this a ‘Games for all of Queensland’.
“We want to bring the bush to Brisbane in 2032,” Mr Coulton said. “My family has been proudly farming this land for a very long time. We’ve been trusted for more than 100 years to feed and clothe people in Australia and around the world, so it would be our honour to be selected as a supplier for the hard-working volunteers.
“This is bigger than our family business. We want to put our whole region on the world stage, and we’ve got the capacity and drive to do it.”
Mr Coulton founded Goondiwindi Cotton in 1992 to help reduce impacts from the boom-and-bust cycles of farming, forging a successful fashion business that now sells through more than 200 retailers Australia-wide, its own e-commerce platform and a flagship store in Goondiwindi.
His grandson Harry Coulton, who helps run the business, said the bid aimed to show the Games’ legacy would be about more than infrastructure and should leave a lasting footprint all over the state.
“If we win this bid, we’ll be able to continue supporting jobs across our beautiful region and create a high-quality uniform that will last long after the closing ceremony,” he said.
“Giving back and supporting our community is very important to us, and the provenance of our cotton grown from local soil runs deeply through everything that we do.
“This is bigger than just one family-owned business. We want to put our region on the world stage, and we’ve got the capacity and drive to do it.”
Mayor of Goondiwindi Regional Council Honourable Cr Lawrence Springborg AM said the Goondiwindi region is supporting the bid to have a ‘Gundy’ business in the limelight at a world-class event.
“Regional businesses can deliver world-class outcomes, and Goondiwindi Cotton is proof of that,” Mayor Springborg said.
“This bid is not just for Goondiwindi Cotton, it’s a bid for all of the Goondiwindi region.
“This will help the Government deliver on its promise to see the Games ‘reach beyond Brisbane’ and ‘present legacy options for all of Queensland’.
“Now is time to go for gold and bring the bush to Brisbane in 2032.”
To show your support for Goondiwindi Cotton’s bid to supply Australian cotton uniforms for the Games, visit Gundygoesforgold.com.au
* Economic forecasts were undertaken by REMPLAN based on information provided by Goondiwindi Cotton.
