PM announces gambling ad ban in stadiums, during school pick-up Gambling ads to be partially restricted on television and radio, with opt-out rules for online promotions and a ban in stadiums and on jerseys under reforms unveiled by Labor.

More problems for Hobart’s unwanted, unaffordable, uneconomic stadium proposed for Macquarie Point. They just keep building up……. #nonewstadium

ABC News: Fuel price spike drives multi-million-dollar blowouts on public works - No New Stadium

If diesel cost has increased by 50%, and construction of a stadium and site remediation requires massive amounts of diesel, government’s latest estimate of stadium cost should be $1.7 billion + interest ie $2.5 billion. At least. Can we have some adults running the budget, please? #nonewstadium

ABC Radio: Stadiums Tasmania CEO says York Park is on track for Devils' 2028 AFL debut - No New Stadium

We need a new $2 billion stadium in Hobart because of what? #nonewstadium

AFL scratching its head on decline in Indigenous participation as weight of history takes toll | Sean Gorman The league, clubs and AFLPA need to be more consolidated on why the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men’s players has dropped

Utterly unsurprising. The AFL arrogantly ignored Tasmanian Aboriginal people in its push for an unwanted and unaffordable stadium in Hobart. @afl has no interest in heritage. Just after gaming and broadcast revenue. #nonewstadium

Home building costs soaring 'like COVID again' on Middle East supply shocks From sand to concrete, suppliers are bringing in "emergency fuel levies" as petrol prices soar due to the war in the Middle East. Major companies that supply pipes for plumbing are even warning of sho...

As home building costs soar, we can only imagine how construction costs for an already unaffordable stadium in Hobart will skyrocket. Time to pull up stumps on this vanity project, Mr Rockliff. Let’s have more police, teachers and nurses instead #nonewstadium @kristiejohnstonmp.bsky.social

This footy team is so new the players didn't even know the club song In front a sold-out crowd, the Tasmania Devils have won their first VFL game in 18 years, as they work towards their entry to the AFL.

This just goes to prove Hobart already has a 2nd arena for AFL and Tasmania already has a 3rd arena. We need a $2 billion ++ stadium in 2032 at MAC Point because of what? #nonewstadium

Hobart stadium not expected to be ready for AFL Devils games until 2031 When the $1.13 billion stadium was approved last year, it was hoped the Tasmania Devils would begin playing AFL games there from 2029. The head of the corporation tasked with delivering the stadium sa...

It’ll be 2031 at the absolute earliest. More like 2032 or beyond. They said the Teams were not viable without the stadium.

If they can play at Bellerive and Launceston, isn’t this $2.5billion vanity project the greatest of public scandals? #nonewstadium

I’m waiting for unions in Tasmania to realise that their unwavering support for the government’s MacPoint stadium has helped smash the State’s budget, and cause the inevitable job losses they now complain about. Let’s be clear, there’s much, much more of this to come. And worse, too. #nonewstadium

Tasmania's finances to 'rapidly deteriorate', Treasury warns Tasmania's Department of Treasury and Finance has issued a dire warning about the state's finances, and says there are no easy fixes.

As many experts have said for years now, we cannot afford this stadium. Contrary to the Premier’s claims that it will save us, it will actually drown us. #nonewstadium @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social

Tas Government charm offensive enabled by Hobart Mercury newspaper belies the train wreck that is the proposed Mac Point stadium. And they have no design finalised, no builder and no money. And the proponent has never built anything before. What could possibly go wrong? #nonewstadium

Major grid upgrades for Hobart stadium not costed, not finalised Major upgrades to Hobart's power grid to supply the Macquarie Point stadium are yet to be finalised or costed, with the final estimate for the precinct's energy demand increasing by almost 50 per cent...

Over 2 years of planning and no mention of this at all. More secrecy by this government about its odious stadium proposal. #nonewstadium

Cutbacks, revenue raising in line to help fund Hobart AFL stadium Tasmania's premier and treasurer agree to reduce borrowings for government businesses in an effort to accommodate more debt for the Hobart AFL stadium.

Is it just me, or is this statement by Dean Harriss MLC a deluded belief:

“Mr Harriss said he believed the government's promised measures would help to address state debt, while attempting to accommodate more debt for the stadium.”
#nonewstadium
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Foo Fighters will play one Australian show next month, in Launceston Foo Fighters, one of the biggest bands in the world, will play just one small Australian city when they travel out here in January.

Waiting to hear how much Stadiums Tas subsidised this one concert, announced on the eve of the LegCo vote #nonewstadium @kristiejohnstonmp.bsky.social @megwebb-mlc.bsky.social @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social

What would it be like to visit the proposed Hobart stadium? From potential gridlock to an "immersive" viewing experience, let's set aside the politics — just for a moment — and look at what planning documents tell us about the building at the heart of Tasmania...

@ABC, what about asking what would it be like to experience ANZAC Day at the Cenotaph with the stadium dominating the area, and desecrating the Cenotaph? #nonewstadium

We couldn’t afford a stadium 2 years ago at a cost of $750m (++). We can’t afford it today at $1.13billion (++) and we won’t be able to afford it late next year when contracts are signed for maybe $1.5billion (++). And the ++ is in the order of at least $350m (that we know of). #nonewstadium

Hobart stadium backflip sparks row in Shooters, Fishers, Farmers party Key figures in Tasmania's Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party have quit following new MP Carlo Di Falco's backflip on the Macquarie Point Stadium project.

More political instability caused by stadium. Bad policy combined with a lack of political integrity - a recipe for failure. He won’t be re-elected. #nonewstadium

For those of you that can’t get to the display, here’s MPDC’s latest model of its stadium, on display at Macquarie Point. Iconic. Looking more and more like the Sydney Opera House. #nonewstadium

Stadium taxes are on the way as predicted. Austerity measures in Greece in 2010 led to protests and riots. #nonewstadium

The #Browns are more pathetic than the #Jets.

Hey #Haslam - maybe focus on building a team that can win consistently instead of a new luxury palace er- stadium, for you and your millionaire buddies.

#NFL #NoNewStadium

#Haslam it's time to sell this team to ownership that knows what they're doing. The #Browns are unwatchable at this point.

#NFL #Browns #NoNewStadium

Operational vs Capital expenditure – a Treasurer’s fiscal and moral assessment – Ruth Forrest

“This is not infrastructure investment in any economically meaningful sense. It is value destruction financed by debt.” #nonewstadium @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social

Media Release: Upper House Passes Motion to Call Tasmanian Planning Commission Expert Panel - Meg Webb MLC | Independent Member for Nelson My name is Meg Webb. Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.

This is a really important development - facts matter. @megwebb-mlc.bsky.social @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social @cassyoconnor.bsky.social #nonewstadium

The massive debt ….. the lack of income …. the scandalous disingenuousness. It’s a familiar Tasmanian big project script. #nonewstadium

How can Tas Labor reassess budget priorities while ignoring the stadium elephant in the room? This kind of commentary defines them as an ineffective and unworthy opposition. #nonewstadium

Simple management logic dictates that you should only override expert advice (aka Planning Commission) where you are clearly in command of greater knowledge and capability. After the rolling Spirit of Tasmania fiasco and the cloistered AFL dealings how can this be remotely likely? #NoNewStadium

A footy club meant to unite Tasmanians is bitterly dividing them The brutal irony is that the AFL’s demand for a near-bankrupt state to build a stadium to get a football team may lead to loathing and even failure in its home state.

A footy club meant to unite Tasmanians is bitterly dividing them. #nonewstadium @kristiejohnstonmp.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @peterfitz1.bsky.social @wendyharmer.bsky.social

'Feeling undervalued': Teachers, other public workers begin strikes in Tasmania Teachers, health workers and firefighters have walked off the job in Tasmania's north-west, with further stop-work action planned in other parts of the state over the next two days.

Fair pay for teachers, health workers and others? Or the Rockliff stadium? We’re never going to have both. #nonewstadium @kristiejohnstonmp.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @indy4franklin.bsky.social

Not such a surprise; his work has been condemned for its inappropriate methodology. And anyway, why is a public servant running the government’s political arguments? Aren’t public servants meant to be apolitical? #nonewstadium

May it remain that way. #nonewstadium

Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to dock at interim berth at Point Henry in Geelong The ABC understands that a recent safety assessment found the interim berth would need two additional bollards for the ship to dock there at a cost of $2 million, an option which may not go ahead.

Imagine if the Tasmanian government tried to construct a stadium in Hobart. It would be completed extremely late, the cost would blow out significantly, and there would be many “unforeseen” problems. #nonewstadium