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Call to Action Explainer: Why Our Place wants to you to tell AFL CEO, Andrew Dillon, to renegotiate the deal
For over a year now, Tasmanians have been speaking up to oppose the construction of a new stadium at Macquarie Point in Hobart. And, over recent weeks, Tamanians have given generously to help spread the word on the big island to the north.At Our Place, we know there...
ABC NEWS: Much has changed in Tasmania’s political landscape, so what does it mean for the minority state government?
A lot can change in a few days in Tasmanian politics....What does it mean for the stadium?
ABC NEWS: As Jacqui Lambie looks to widen her party nationally, its Tasmanian branch is imploding
The Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) has kicked out two of its three Tasmanian MPs. Bass MP Rebekah Pentland and Braddon MP Miriam Beswick announced on Saturday they were reconsidering their future, after becoming frustrated at senator Jacqui Lambie's intervention in state...
ABC NEWS: Jacqui Lambie Network unhappy with major parties’ response to grim report on Tasmania’s finances
On Monday, a leading economist gave a pretty dire warning about the state of Tasmania's finances — but within hours, both major political parties had ruled out implementing its main recommendations. The economist projected Tasmania was on track to be in the worst...
ABC NEWS: New images show heritage-listed Goods Shed in new home near Hobart AFL stadium at Macquarie Point
New renders have been released of the heritage-listed Goods Shed in its new location on the site of the proposed Hobart AFL stadium at Macquarie Point. Two new images show the interior and the exterior of the more than 100-year-old shed, which will need to be moved...
ABC NEWS: Tasmania’s financial position on track to become worst in the country over next three years, Saul Eslake’s independent review finds
Tasmania's financial position is on track to "become worse than that of any other state or territory over the next three years", and the deterioration is "entirely attributable" to state government policy, an independent review of the state's finances has found....
Independent Australia: A state divided
FOR over 50 years opinions about dams, pulp mills, poker machines, forestry, mining, super trawlers, cable cars and salmon farming have divided the Tasmanian community. The controversy that’s currently tearing the state apart concerns a stadium — and whether Tasmania...
ABC NEWS: Hobart AFL stadium render shows what concerts will look like — but will the acts come to Tasmania?
The Macquarie Point Development Corporation says the proposed 23,000-seat, roofed stadium will be a "premier entertainment destination". But former Tasmanian music promoter Charles Touber, who brought AC/DC to Tasmania in 2001, said the belief that international acts...
ABC NEWS: New images of proposed Hobart stadium show impact on Cenotaph sightlines
RSL Tasmania says its concerns about a new AFL stadium on Hobart's waterfront have not been eased by new images showing how the structure will impact the view from the Cenotaph. The images, requested by the RSL, were released by the Macquarie Point Development...
ABC NEWS: No move to curb ‘predatory’ gambling inducements more than a year after federal government urged to ban them ‘without delay’
Callum feels the familiar vibration of his mobile phone. Another text from Sportsbet. The name of Australia's most popular gambling app — official betting partner of the AFL and NRL — has become synonymous with major sport on TV. Callum hasn't placed a wager for more...
ABC NEWS: Clarence locals worry about loss of green space after City Heart plan dropped for Hobart AFL high-performance centre
Sam Ralph says he felt a real sense of excitement when a sprawling green hub for his community was proposed three years ago. "When the City Heart was introduced, I felt proud to be a Clarence resident," he said. The urban green belt on Hobart's eastern shore is...
Tasmanian Parliamentary Committee hears about 2022 donations to the Liberal Party
On 26 July 2024, Mr Roland Browne appeared before the Tasmanian Government Administration Committee B to give evidence in support of his written submission to the Committee's Inquiry into the Electoral Disclosure and Funding Amendment Bill 2024 (No. 9). In the course...