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All posts tagged "Macquarie Point"
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2.0KArticleBillion-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...
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The Tragic View of Place
A way of understanding a location through a lens of loss. Among the elected representatives in whose hands the fate of the...
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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
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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...
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Stadium – Costly Dream Meets Taxpayer Debt Nightmare
Field of Broken Dreams Why Hobart’s Stadium Gambit Echoes the Illusory Allure of “If You Build It, They Will Come” In the...
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Expert Advice or AFL – Parliament Must Still Choose
The problem with our government is not that they cannot see the crisis – they can. It is that they have chosen...
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When Economic Spin Masquerades as Analysis
This opinion piece from Ruth Forrest published 17 October 2025 seeks to explain the issues associated with the recent opinion piece published...
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United Front Calls on AFL to Meet Over Stadium’s Future
A cross-section of elected representatives has issued an urgent, united call for the AFL to meet with a delegation this month following...
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Parliament to Vote Blind on Billion-Dollar Stadium Gamble
As parliamentarians prepare to consider approval for the Macquarie Point stadium, they will do so without answers to fundamental questions about the...
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Cartoon Competition Winner, August – September
Many thanks to everyone who entered! Here is the winner who will [again] take home $200 for his prize winning entry and...
