Campaign Resources
Call to Action Explainer: Why Our Place wants to you to tell Dean Winter to listen to the people
Trusting in our democracy, Tasmanians headed to the polls on 23 March. We did our homework on stadium policies before we voted. We surveyed our candidates and we researched their platforms. When the dust settled, we counted up and knew we had elected a Lower House...
Media Release: Our Place group has condemned government plans to seek to build the Mac Point stadium using a public/private financing deal as the nightmare scenario for Tasmanians
Media Release9 May 2024 Our Place - Hobart spokesperson Roland Browne said, "cost over runs and delays are the norm with such deals, with the result that higher costs are inevitably borne by taxpayers; public bailouts are often required when projects go sour, and...
The Atlantic: Taxpayers Are About to Subsidize a Lot More Sports Stadiums
You would think that three decades’ worth of evidence would put an end to giving taxpayer money to wealthy sports owners. Unfortunately, you would be wrong.
ARCHITECTUREAU: Redeveloping Macquarie Point: A case study
The plan to build an AFL stadium at nipaluna/Hobart’s Mac Point exemplifies a pattern of political decisions overriding due process in large-scale Australian urban renewal projects. How should we change our governance to improve our cities’ outcomes?
Media Release: Our Place Hobart has responded to the Tasmanian ALP’s announcement that it has given up on government for the foreseeable future
Media ReleaseMonday 6 May 2024 Roland Browne said “The fix is in. Dean Winter’s expected back flip on the stadium and his backing of Paul Lennon’s stadium proposal in the same media statement makes very clear that it is not him, but Paul Lennon who is now...
Tasmanian Times: JLN-Libs Agree on Independent Review of State Finances
The Tasmanian Times publishes the Media Releases from both the JLN Network and the Government covering their agreement on a review of the State's finances. The review includes independent financial modelling in relation to the proposed Mac Point development, to be...
ABC 7.30: New sporting teams – make or break?
The ABC's 7.30 program takes at look at new sporting teams in Australia - successes and failures. The segment starts at the approx 22 min mark and the stadium issue is canvassed at the approx 27 min mark.
ABC Radio Hobart: Meet the candidates for the Legislative Council seat of Prosser
Leon Compton interviews the people standing for Prosser in the Upper House election on 4 May 2024. Starting at around the 42min mark, the first part of program is largely given over to 1:1 interviews with candidates. Leon then assembles the group and asks them each to...
ABC Radio Hobart: Meet the 7 candidates for the Legislative Council seat of Hobart
Leon Compton interviews the seven people standing for Hobart in the Upper House election on 4 May 2024. Starting at around the 43min mark, the first part of program is largely given over to 1:1 interviews with candidates. Leon then assembles the group and asks them...
Candidates Survey: What the Upper House candidates told Our Place about their voting intentions
We asked candidates in Hobart, Elwick, and Prosser about how they would vite around funding a new stadium at Macquarie Point if the were lected to the Legislative Council.
The Conversation: Rugby stadiums are sold as an economic asset – but NZ needs to ask if they’re really worth it
A multi-billion dollar stadium precinct has been proposed for Auckland, one of three proposals in front of Auckland Council for a new stadium in the city. The council is also considering revamping Eden Park. But is a new stadium really value for money for Auckland...
ABC Radio: Goods Shed at proposed stadium site now has permanent heritage listing
16 years ago Tony Coen, the President of the Tasmanian Association of Tourist Railways, put in a bid to have the Goods Shed at Mac Point heritage listed. That bid has just been granted, potentially impacting the bid to build a stadium in the area. Tony Coen explains...