POSS Archives - Tasmanian Times

Macquarie Point - Following $229 Million of Public Money 1

Macquarie Point - Following $229 Million of Public Money 2

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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...

Government Bears Stadium Blame if LegCo Rejects Bill 5

Government Bears Stadium Blame if LegCo Rejects Bill 6

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Government Bears Stadium Blame if LegCo Rejects Bill

Members of the Legislative Council need not feel they are responsible for the failure of the bid to bring AFL/W teams to...

Stadium's Cost Threatens Trust, Vision and Social Fabric 7

Stadium's Cost Threatens Trust, Vision and Social Fabric 8

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Stadium’s Cost Threatens Trust, Vision and Social Fabric

The upcoming 4 November 2025 parliamentary vote on the new Macquarie Point stadium has plunged Tasmania into a political crisis defined by...

Parliament to Vote Blind on Billion-Dollar Stadium Gamble 9

Parliament to Vote Blind on Billion-Dollar Stadium Gamble 10

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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...

Cartoon Competition Winner, August - September 16

Cartoon Competition Winner, August - September 17

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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...

George Demands Full Stadium Cost Disclosure 21

George Demands Full Stadium Cost Disclosure 22

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George Demands Full Stadium Cost Disclosure

Independent MHA for Franklin, Peter George, has called for a full and frank disclosure of all costs associated with the proposed Macquarie...

Our Place Demands Cost Transparency for Stadium 24

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Our Place Demands Cost Transparency for Stadium

The advocacy group Our Place have released 20 critical questions concerning the rapidly escalating and allegedly hidden costs of the proposed Macquarie...

Inside POSS, State Growths Attempts to Limit Financial Scrutiny of Stadium 29

Inside POSS, State Growths Attempts to Limit Financial Scrutiny of Stadium 30

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Inside POSS, State Growths Attempts to Limit Financial Scrutiny of Stadium

Economist Dr Graeme Wells observes how the Department of State Growth used the PoSS hearings to try to minimise scrutiny of the...

Stadium Rationale Destroyed in Planning Commission Salvo 31

Stadium Rationale Destroyed in Planning Commission Salvo 32

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Stadium Rationale Destroyed in Planning Commission Salvo

While the politics of an election campaign were playing out, the Tasmanian Planning Commission continued with its Project of State Significance hearings.