As parliamentarians prepare to consider approval for the Macquarie Point stadium, they will do so without answers to fundamental questions about the true total cost, the financial viability of the project, the impact on existing infrastructure, the consequences for public service employment and the response to planning objections.
Roland Browne’s follow-up letter to Minister Abetz points to a troubling reality – “Much critical information remains hidden from the public, and, most importantly, from members of parliament who are going to be asked to consider the proposed Order.”
For a project of this magnitude, such information gaps are not just concerning, they’re potentially disqualifying. The government’s response to Our Place’s 20 questions has revealed not just what it’s unwilling to say, but what it may be trying to hide. Until these questions receive complete, current and honest answers, any approval of the Macquarie Point stadium would be a leap in the dark with more than a billion dollars of public money.