Kammala wannan jumla: Brisbane ta karbi bakuncin gasar cin kofin duniya ta
Wasannin Commonwealth a shekarar 1982 da kuma Gasar Duniya a shekarar 1988. Tsakanin ƙarshen 1970s da tsakiyar 1980s, Brisbane ya kasance mai da hankali ga zanga-zangar haƙƙin ƙasa na farko (misali a lokacin Wasannin Commonwealth) da kuma rikice-rikice da yawa da aka tuna da su tsakanin ɗalibai, ma'aikatan ƙungiyar, 'yan sanda da gwamnatin Queensland ta wancan lokacin. A wani ɓangare daga wannan mahallin, ƙungiyoyin kiɗa na Brisbane masu ban sha'awa sun fito (musamman ƙungiyoyin Punk) waɗanda suka ƙara darajar garin.