If the Govt say it is P90 ready… show us the costs!! @slowguns.bsky.social

Rather than lauding the images in this Plan, a journalist should ask MPDC why the roof is shown as transparent, when MPDC announced in March it would be translucent because cricket could not be played under a transparent roof. Misleading image. #nonewstadium @kristiejohnstonmp.bsky.social

The winds of change are blowing….

"I challenge some of my Labor friends to tell me the difference between Liberal Party policy and Labor Party policy. They look at me stony-faced," he said. "One wag said: 'Greyhounds.' And I say, 'Oh, well, we're on the right side of that debate, aren't we?'" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

I hope the Tas Government saw 7:30 tonight. The cost of pipes is going up 30% . How much will it cost to complete the new sewage works & THEN prepare the site of the stadium before any foundations are laid? @slowguns.bsky.social @indy4franklin.bsky.social @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social

Who would have thought? After the Planning Commission, experts and the community said there’s a lack of workers for this unaffordable and unwanted project, the penny has finally dropped. Where has the HIA been for the last 3 years?#nonewstadium @kristiejohnstonmp.bsky.social @megwebb-mlc.bsky.social

In other words, they’re telling the government they anticipate serious problems with construction workforce supply, and making no progress. All made diabolically worse by Brisbane Olympics. How many stadia can Australia realistically build at one time, in terms of engineering and other resources?

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

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

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

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

Which stadium will be the biggest debacle this one … oh no it will be the Tasmanian one for sure! Though this one is looking shaky in the current context. @slowguns.bsky.social @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social @indy4franklin.bsky.social

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 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

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

So much for all the hype! Players were being courted to come to Tasmania on the basis of a new stadium. Fans dudded! I wonder what the “real” timeline is? Perhaps when the tradies finish at the Olympics? @slowguns.bsky.social @indy4franklin.bsky.social

Sinking money into a financially unsustainable stadium… here’s a prediction for what will happen in Tasmania. We should be learning from this. @slowguns.bsky.social @indy4franklin.bsky.social

Tasmanian Premier tonight hawking the new AFL Tas Devils football guernsey. All while public services are cut, state servants face the axe, industrial action continues and their safety concerns at work are dismissed. Just Tasmanian things.

250 local jobs go to be replaced with 250 interstate stadium builders. #Rockliffenomics

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

This stadium was cited by Tas Govt as a good comparison to their proposal. I hope they are watching it closely. @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social @slowguns.bsky.social @indy4franklin.bsky.social

There’s an easy answer to cutting spending in Tasmania. No stadium @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social @slowguns.bsky.social @kristiejohnstonmp.bsky.social @cassyoconnor.bsky.social

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

OUR PLACE Hobart has described the recently revealed plan to locate a massive 40m by 40 m substation in the Queens Domain, adjacent to heritage buildings, a heritage precinct, and a grove of endangered trees and grasslands, as outrageous. This was kept secret from the parliament, too.#nonewstadium

40m x 40 m substation proposed for the Queens Domain. It’ll be another eyesore. Do these people know any shame?

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

If they’re firing a gun within 250 m of a house, it’s an offence in Tasmania.

Bec Thomas wants the government to "follow due process." Says the woman who ignored the recommendations of the Tasmanian Planning Commission when it came to the proposed stadium. #politas

Qld, like Tasmania, has not learned that letting the gun lobby write gun laws is akin to letting the tobacco, lead, asbestos etc industries write the rules that regulate them. If evidence is needed, look at the laws the gun lobby delivered to Tas before the Port Arthur massacre #guncontrolaustralia

The only redeeming feature of Herzog’s visit was the opportunity for peaceful protest. Minns has made a blunder. Peaceful protest is the essence of democracy, and Herzog as representative of the State of Israel should feel the clear message from many in the Australian community.

What is that long cloud??

Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland. There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same. And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment. 1/

Australia Institute research shows the number of guns in the Australian community has surged to more than 4 million and a gun is stolen every four hours in Australia. Read more on our website: https://theaus.in/4b9M8i0

Well done, Tasmania Police. #guncontrolaustralia

Who needs 31 guns, and 250 kg of ammo in Launceston? And why is someone even allowed 31 guns in Launceston? #guncontrolaustralia

I still haven’t forgiven McGrath for shooting dead an African elephant and other African wildlife - for fun - and then posing for the photos. Shameful #guncontrolaustralia

This story shows that while WA has new gun limits (from March 2025), they may be too high, and there’s still questions about enforcement of gun limits. And limits on ammunition purchases as a reform issue must be taken seriously. #guncontrolaustralia

Don’t forget.

Albanese and Labor could barely have been more supportive of Israel, or less sympathetic of the Palestinian civilians massacred and starved. Did that satisfy News Corp? Not even. And now he invites the president of the genocidal state to visit. Does he think they will lay off now? Ofc they won’t. 🤡

Australia’s gun lobby is again trying to stall essential gun control reforms.

Kunanyi looking magnificent without a cable car as the ferry leaves for mona

We already pay as much rent as mainlanders, food is more expensive and wages are lower. Going to big events isn’t possible for most. We’re becoming one of those tourism destinations where the locals can’t afford to do anything. The stadium will massively accelerate that process. #politas #auspol

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 @megwebb-mlc.bsky.social @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social

Scomo vibes!

@abc , this is a question you should have asked.

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

Mainlanders, contact these three politicians to express concern about the stadium Tasmania cannot afford and that will burden us for generations. It will burden you too if we go bankrupt. Bec Thomas, Casey Hiscutt, Dean Harriss. Email addresses: www.parliament.tas.gov.au/legislative-.... #auspol

“One speaker, local real estate adviser Jacob Field, described his audience as ‘makers’, while the anti-stadium brigade were ‘takers’.” What does a real estate advisor make, do tell, Jacob. And how exactly is draining the public purse for the benefit of a select few not “taking”? #auspol #politas

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