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7pm TONIGHT, Albert Hall, Launceston: A Challenge to the LCC Gift …
It’s again at the Albert Hall, Launceston, from 7 pm tonight ( June 21 ), Tuesday.
The public meeting will take place to challenge Launceston Council’s decision to gift land valued something in the order of $5 million to the University of Tasmania (UTas).
UTas is planning to relocate its Launceston campus from Newnham to Inveresk and occupy the land.
The meeting follows a ‘citizens petition’ with well in excess of the require 1000 signatures calling upon the council to rescind the November 2015 transfer of the Willis Street Car Park and Old Velodrome at Inveresk.
The petitioners are calling to put the land up for sale on the open market with a reserve price of $5 million to determine its market value.
Earlier on Tasmanian Times …
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Mike