Tasmania Tasmania Devils, welcome to the AFL. Mens team to enter 2028. Womens team TBA. Labor declares support for Stadium 6/5

[Jazny]

The best news, is that is isn't dead.

Its a start.

It's a long way from dead. A lot more likely to happen than not now.

 

[weewilly]

It's a long way from dead. A lot more likely to happen than not now.

Lets hope so we don't want both the State govt and Hobart Council dragging the chain on this badly needed important piece of infrastructure !

 

[Tasmanian saint]

A

 

[Tasmanian saint]

was always going to happen the labor back flip completed the stadium should be safe now

 

[Hodgey 15]

Going to be fun seeing Cassy O'Connor and Rosalie Woodroffe's response to this.
Be something like:

 

[Jazny]

 

[HanYolo]

Glad that's over. Never made sense for Labor to be against a union-backed public infrastructure project.

 

[Aussie in exile]

Glad that's over. Never made sense for Labor to be against a union-backed public infrastructure project.

Labor does have a history of flip flopping to go with the flow

 

[Financialpanther]

Was always going to happen - ALP have been trying to get power via being anti the thing of the day to only reverse their position once the results come in (like the anti pokies back in 2018).

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Glad that's over. Never made sense for Labor to be against a union-backed public infrastructure project.

And one where it was Albo who committed $240m to building it.

 

[Professor Knowall]

Glad that's over. Never made sense for Labor to be against a union-backed public infrastructure project.

Agreed - If Rebecca White hadn’t stupidly decided to oppose the new stadium, she would probably be Premier now. Her ill-considered opposition really cost her big time.

 

[weewilly]

Great news can we just get on and build it ASAP!​

The Age report.​

Tasmania’s football stadium overcomes big political hurdle​

AAP
A new Hobart stadium, a condition of Tasmania’s entry into the AFL, appears set to get the required parliamentary approval after an opposition about-face.

A computer-generated image of the proposed new AFL stadium in Hobart.CREDIT:AMY BROWN

The stadium, slated to cost $715 million, is part of the island state’s deal for entry into the AFL in 2028.
The project will be assessed by an independent planning commission and must be voted through both houses of parliament.
The governing Liberals, who signed the deal, command just 14 of 35 lower-house seats in minority and faced a tough ask to get the required numbers.
The state’s Labor opposition, which had previously voiced opposition to the 23,000-seat roofed stadium at Macquarie Point, on Monday announced it would back the project.
The stadium, slated to cost $715 million, is part of the island state’s deal for entry into the AFL in 2028.
The project will be assessed by an independent planning commission and must be voted through both houses of parliament.
The governing Liberals, who signed the deal, command just 14 of 35 lower-house seats in minority and faced a tough ask to get the required numbers.

The stadium now has the backing of 10 lower-house Labor MPs.
Labor leader Dean Winter, who took over the role from anti-stadium Rebecca White after the election, said the change in position was about jobs.
“A stadium will mean thousands of jobs in construction, including hundreds of apprenticeships,” he said.
“That’s why Labor will be backing a new stadium.

“While we will not be standing in the way of the current Macquarie Point stadium proposal, we still hold concerns around the deliverability of the project.”
Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff has promised to cap the state’s spend on the project at $375 million.
White had pledged to try to renegotiate the stadium deal if elected at the March 23 poll, saying it was not the right priority.
The two major parties could hold a majority in the upper house depending on the outcome of elections in three divisions held at the weekend.

Jon Pierik is a sports journalist at The Age. He covers AFL and has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.Connect via

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