“People might not always agree with what we are doing, but we are doing it for the right reasons.”ĭefending the stadium, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said plans to upgrade the Macquarie Point site went back to at least 2012 when he was infrastructure minister under Julia Gillard.
“I’m extremely disappointed, but I’m getting on with the job,” the premier told reporters on Friday. They will need the support of two of the six crossbenchers to pass legislation. The loss of two MPs leaves the Tasmanian Liberals with 11 out of 25 seats in the House of Assembly.
“They arrogantly dismissed the concerns, questions and warnings raised by many Tasmanians from all walks of life over this issue,” she said. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. The onus was now on Rockliff to earn back Tasmanians’ trust by committing to full transparency on the AFL stadium deal, state independent MP Meg Webb said. “But what should’ve been a unifying moment for Tasmania has been ruined by Jeremy Rockliff’s reckless decision to write a blank cheque for a stadium we don’t need.” “We all know a Tassie team is richly deserved and should’ve been granted with no stadium attached,” the opposition leader, Rebecca White, said in a statement. The state will enter the men’s league in 2028 with a pathway into the women’s league to be announced. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Tasmania’s Labor opposition meanwhile took issue with the AFL making the stadium a condition of Tasmania getting a team licence to join the league.
Senator Jacqui Lambie soon joined in, telling the premier, Jeremy Rockliff, “Tasmanians have had a bloody gutful over your stadium and you can stick it up your bum.”įederal independent MP Andrew Wilkie addressed the rally, having earlier told parliament the 23,000-seat arena would look “at best like a monument to stupidity, at worst like a giant bedpan”.
“You can stick your stadium up your bum,” musicians sang to applause.
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