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Why Thomas and Harriss Chose Leverage Over Protest

The Legislative Council has approved the Macquarie Point Stadium, a multi billion dollar project that has caused widespread concern across Tasmania regarding...

Why Give A Crap? Facts Show Stadium Waste 3

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Why Give A Crap? Facts Show Stadium Waste

WHO GIVES A CRAP by Suzanne Curry, who has written the following treatise for our parliamentarians fully aware that not all will...

What's Happening Under Tasmania's Salmon Farms? 5

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What’s Happening Under Tasmania’s Salmon Farms?

New Research Suggests We Don’t Know—And Should Be Worried A new study from Chile’s salmon industry offers a troubling snapshot of what...

Macquarie Point - Following $229 Million of Public Money 7

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Macquarie Point – Following $229 Million of Public Money

A question often asked online is “how much has the MPDC spent so far?” A recent analysis of their ‘books’ shows that...

Stadium Plan Financially Reckless & Lacks Support 11

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Stadium Plan Financially Reckless & Lacks Support

Community advocate Christine Bayley argues the Tasmanian stadium project is fiscally reckless, lacks public support and ignores the original AFL Taskforce’s calls...

AFL Contract Transfers All Stadium Risk to Tasmanians 13

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AFL Contract Transfers All Stadium Risk to Tasmanians

Economic Puff Piece – Stadium Costs are Clearly Understated In response to an opinion piece in the Mercury from the Coordinator General...

Billion-Dollar AFL Stadium - Is The Price Too High? 15

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Billion-Dollar AFL Stadium – Is The Price Too High?

Hobart’s 23,000 seats simply won’t cut it. Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, or Ed Sheeran won’t reroute world tours for a half-capacity venue...

Economic Puff Piece - Stadium Costs are Clearly Understated 17

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Economic Puff Piece – Stadium Costs are Clearly Understated

MONA's vision for the redevelopment of Macquarie Point designed by Fender Katsalidis and Rush Wright

What’s the Real Cost of the Macquarie Point Stadium? 19

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What’s the Real Cost of the Macquarie Point Stadium?

The proposal for an AFL-stipulated stadium at Macquarie Point is the largest urban proposition in Tasmania’s history. On the weakening assumption that the projected...