Campaign Resources
ABC NEWS: Hobart’s Macquarie Point stadium presents AFL with a harsh political reality – the negotiating table beckons
It was the power of Australia's biggest sporting organisation, against its smallest state. ... The AFL might need to start paying attention to the political problem it's created in Tasmania. That's because it's still not certain that the Macquarie Point stadium will...
Hobart Mercury: Dr Gruen: Tasmania’s AFL team shouldn’t come at any cost
The Mercury has published (outside its paywall) an opinion piece by Nicholas Gruen, the independent economist who was commissioned by the Tasmanian Government to conduct an independent review of the Macquarie Point Stadium proposal. The piece includes his...
ABC Radio Hobart: David Reilly with Nicholas Gruen
In discussion with David Reilly, Nicholas Gruen this morning outlined the background to and key findings of his 1 January 2025 report of his review of the proposed Mac Point stadium. The ABC has posted a brief excerpt from this interview but you can hear the full...
Media Release: Our Place – Hobart Responds to Gruen Report on Stadium Cost
Media Release3 January 2025 Our Place - Hobart has responded to the release of economist Nicholas Gruen’s report on the cost of the proposed stadium with a mixture of surprise and unsurprise. Spokesperson Roland Browne said “We’ve been predicting the cost was well...
Tasmanian Times: Our Place Translates Eric Abetz Press Release re ‘Market Sounding’
Our Place offers to illuminate your understanding of the government’s recent media statement calling for help on the stadium project. HEADLINE: Eric Abetz issues a call for ‘Market Sounding’ process participants. Definition: Market Sounding – scratching around among...
Tasmanian Times: Master Builders Admit Not Enough Tradies to Build Stadium
As students approach the end of school and start to think about what’s next, Master Builders Tasmania is calling for them to pick up the tools and unlock a rewarding, well-paid career as a tradie. Master Builders Tasmania CEO David Clerk said not only do first year...
Planning Commission calls out the many significant shortcomings in the stadium application
The Tasmanian Planning Commission (the TPC) is undertaking the integrated assessment of the Macquarie Point Multipurpose Stadium Project. The Commission has 12 months to undertake its assessment of the project from the time the Macquarie Point Development Corporation...
Call to Action Explainer: Why Our Place wants to you to tell AFL CEO, Andrew Dillon, to renegotiate the deal
Ever since the first whispers about the deal our Premier had made with the AFL, Tasmanians have been speaking up to oppose the construction of a new stadium at Macquarie Point in Hobart. It took some weeks after his announcement for the Premier to tell Tasmanians what...
Why Our Place wants you to walk with us to stand vigil to protect Tasmania’s Cenotaph
On the morning of Sunday 10 November 2024 (the day before they host a commemorative service for Remembrance Day), RSL Tasmania is holding a vigil to highlight the threat to Tasmania’s Cenotaph posed by a proposed stadium at Macquarie Point. The vigil is supported by...
November 10 Posters – download and print
ABC NEWS: Space for Aboriginal recognition at Hobart’s proposed stadium shrinks because of cricket pitches and a shed
In short: An Aboriginal reconciliation and truth-telling park was once proposed as the centrepiece of development at Macquarie Point, but when a stadium emerged, its location and scale changed. It has now reduced in size again, with practice cricket pitches and a...
Tasmanian Times: TPC Won’t Consider Full Stadium Economic Report
At the end of a week of Estimates hearings in our State Parliament, the Tasmanian Times pulled together a range of views on what we learned about the cost of a proposed stadium at Mac Point. The selection includes a statement from Mr Roland Browne for Our Place -...