Designs for Tasmania’s new Macquarie Stadium have been welcomed by the AFL, but a small but important detail has got some eagle-eyed critics asking its developer to “please explain”.
Conservationists are concerned about the revolutionary design of the roof for the Hobart stadium. That’s because it will be constructed out of native Tasmanian wood. And those building and designing it are yet to share details about where it will be sourced.
Non-profit The Bob Brown Foundation argues the lack of detail about where the trees will be cut from “is just not good enough”.
“The first port of call is revealing whether it’s a plantation based product. Not only are we calling on the developer to release the details of what timber is going to be used, we want them to rule out the use of native forests in the new stadium,” spokesperson Jenny Weber told Yahoo News.