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Our Place calls out the Premier’s contempt of Parliament over stadium costs
Media Release12 August 2026Our Place - Hobart has described the Premier’s response to the Parliament’s motion requiring the government to update the parliament on the cost of the proposed stadium as contemptuous. Spokesperson Roland Browne said the government, and the...
Why Our Place wants you to help Labor chart a path to a secure future for Tasmania
Labor knows the path away from the stadium. With polling down, jobs cut, and costs spiralling, there’s never been a better time to take it.
Our Place responds to extra seating at Mac Point Stadium proposal
Our Place Hobart calls out MPDC’s 7,000-seat expansion announcement as a deception — no funding, no transport plan, just a distraction from the Webuild scandal.
ABC Radio: Economist Nicholas Gruen estimates the cost of the Macquarie Point stadium will blow out to $1.5 billion
Amidst global instability, inflation and challenges to the construction industry, the Tasmanian Government revised its estimated cost of the proposed Macquarie Point stadium from a total of $775 million to $1.13 billion. But economist Nicholas Gruen tells Tasmania...
New Gruen Report concludes the Mac Point stadium should be abandoned
Media Release 9 June 2026 The Tasmanian Liberal Government should abandon the proposed Mac Point stadium. That’s according to a new report from globally renowned economist Dr Nicholas Gruen (of Lateral Economics). Dr Gruen says costs for the proposed stadium...
Dr Gruen updates his report on the Mac Point stadium and concludes it should be abandoned
Updated independent analysis puts the Mac Point stadium cost at up to $2 billion. Dr Gruen now recommends the project be abandoned.
Sam McClure: The crisis facing Tasmania’s AFL future
AFL journalist Sam McClure reveals why the Tasmanian Devils’ 2028 entry into the AFL is far from certain — with stadium costs blowing out, no construction contract signed, and club presidents losing faith in the deal.
Taxpayers foot $3.3m legal bill as govt defends Macquarie Point Stadium push
Tasmanian taxpayers spent up to $4 million on lawyers for a stadium process the government later rejected. Find out what really happened.
Finding out what the Mac Point stadium will really cost
Throughout the course of our campaign to put a stop to the madness of a Mac Point stadium, we have argued the stadium is a luxury item - a vanity project - that is unaffordable and unwanted. Since the project was first mooted, financial experts have told us that...
Media Release: Our Place seeks the truth about the cost of the proposed Mac Point stadium and the lost benefits of using the site for housing and reconciliation
OUR PLACE HOBART has announced it has engaged respected independent economist, Dr Nicholas Gruen, to provide an update to his 2025 Independent Review of the Macquarie Point Stadium.
Candidates Survey: What the 2026 Upper House candidates told Our Place about their voting intentions
For each election since the stadium debate started, we have published the results of our candidates’ survey. Many of you have found these a useful guide, so we have done the same this year to help those voting in two Upper House electorates on Saturday 2 May. And we...
ABC NEWS: Tasmanian Labor has ‘a shock coming’ as it risks becoming ‘permanent opposition’, party elders warn
Labor elders have lashed the state of the party in Tasmania, telling the ABC the opposition's policies are indistinguishable from the Liberals and there is no pathway to government without working with the Greens and other crossbenchers. ... Mr Aird said Labor's worst...









