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AFL

Macquarie Point Stadium Proposal - Report

The report uses a methodology from the discredited PricewaterhouseCoopers that would not be accepted by the Commonwealth for the allocation of grant funding.

Vica Bayley MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  6 Sep 2023


AFL

AFL Deal and Proposed Stadium

It is clear the public interest is for all of the information that the Government used to make the decision should be in the public domain.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  9 Aug 2023


Planning Documents

State Policies and Projects Amendment Bill 2023

There has not been a lot of clarity about where all members stand on the stadium.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Aug 2023


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Proposal for Handling Cabinet Documents

It is pleasing to see that there seems to be a renewed interest on the part of government in transparency and the conventions of a Westminster parliament.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  22 Jun 2023


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Schedule of Stadium Documents

The Premier has not provided any indication of how many documents he has withheld on the basis of them being Cabinet-in-confidence.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  21 Jun 2023


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Macquarie Point Stadium Proposal - Impact on the Cenotaph

Can you confirm, if it is built, that the stadium would be more than double the height of the IXL building and Hunter Street Arts Building?

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  21 Jun 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Re-negotiation of Deal or Allow for a Conscience Vote

Do you have the courage to acknowledge what a disaster your stadium folly is, and seek to renegotiate the deal with the AFL?

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  21 Jun 2023


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Greens’ Attempt to Remove Stadium Funding from Budget Blocked

The Greens’ second attempt to remove stadium funding from the State Budget was blocked by Labor and the Liberals in the Estimates Committee today. 

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Jun 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Arts – Stadium

Have you had any information or concerns raised with you by the TSO about the potential noise impacts of the Macquarie Point stadium should it ever be built?

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  5 Jun 2023


Hobart, Tasmania

Attorney-General and Justice – Stadium

On another issue, were you, as a member of Cabinet, briefed on the AFL deal and the stadium ahead of the signing and the announcement?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  5 Jun 2023


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Premier – Macquarie Point Stadium

I am finding it quite hard to believe that your agencies, particularly Treasury and the Department of State Growth, did not provide minutes and briefing notes.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  5 Jun 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

State Development, Construction and Housing – Proposed Macquarie Point Stadium

Perhaps as a foundational question, can we establish how much the Department of State Growth has spent on consultancy reports since January last year.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  6 Jun 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Hospitality and Events – Stadium Proposal

The business case for the stadium talks about the best-case scenario of 44 events a year.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Jun 2023


AFL

Rockliff’s Continued Obfuscation on Stadium

There was very little but the usual Liberal stadium cheerleading and obfuscation at today’s Estimates hearings.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  5 Jun 2023


Economy, Finance, Calculator, Pen and Graph

Macquarie Point Precinct Funding - York Park GST

why did you not include the $65 million Commonwealth grant for the York Park upgrade in your request to Treasurer Chalmers for a GST exemption?

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  31 May 2023


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Macquarie Point Precinct Funding - Request for GST Exemption

Could you tell the House exactly what date and time the letter to Treasurer Chalmers seeking a GST exemption for the stadium, but not York Park, was sent?

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  31 May 2023


Homeless Man

Typical Liberal Budget Fails Tasmanians In Need

The Liberals have handed down a Budget that only grudgingly lifts a pinky finger for Tasmanians in need.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  25 May 2023


Bureaucracy, Professional with Paperwork

Macquarie Point Stadium Proposal - Tabling of Documents

We did not hear from Mr Street the argument for why it needed to be amended in this way.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 May 2023


AFL

AFL Team - Terms of the Contract

The release of parts of the deal you signed with Gill McLachlan confirms you have effectively signed a blank cheque for a new stadium at Macquarie Point.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 May 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Macquarie Point Stadium Proposal - Opportunity for Parliamentary Vote

We know what the pathway is to parliament having a final say on the stadium: it is an amendment to the State Policies and Projects Act.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  23 May 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Government Priorities

This Government has had nine years. This tired Government has had nine years to fix the health system and fix the housing crisis.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  11 May 2023


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Government Priorities

I want to speak today on Government priorities. It is in this week where the conversation has been around the stadium.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  11 May 2023


AFL

President’s Decision on Tassie Team Tarnished by Stadium

It’s a bittersweet day for Tasmanians who’ve long dreamed of our own AFL team

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  2 May 2023


AFL

Stadium Announcement a Betrayal

Today's announcement of $240 million in Federal funding for unwanted, unneeded Macquarie Point stadium is a betrayal of the Tasmanian people. 

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  29 Apr 2023


AFL

Greens Withdraw from Tripartisan AFL Bid over Stadium

The Greens have made the difficult decision to withdraw support for the State’s AFL license bid because it is attached to the billion dollar stadium.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  22 Apr 2023


Hobart, Tasmania

At Last, A Genuine Vision for Macquarie Point

Tasmanians know we can do better for Macquarie Point. The 'Our Place' vision reflects the true potential and original vision for this priceless location.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Apr 2023


AFL

Tasmanian AFL Team

I move that the house does not support any deal for a Tasmanian AFL and AFLW team that requires State or Federal money to be spent on a new stadium.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  29 Mar 2023


Parliament House, Tasmania

Macquarie Point Stadium

It is disappointing that the Premier cannot see why debating the stadium is an important debate.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  29 Mar 2023


Shaking Hands

Who Does Gill McLachlan Think He Is?

It takes a special kind of arrogance to rock up to Tasmania for a few hours just to tell locals why they’re wrong about their priorities for their own home

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  23 Feb 2023


Planning Documents

Cost Benefit Analysis a Business Case Against the Stadium

The MI Global Logistics cost benefit analysis is a business case *against* the stadium.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  19 Jan 2023


AFL

Who Actually Cares What Jeff Kennett Thinks?

While the out of touch suited-up blokes might want this unneeded, billion dollar stadium, the majority of Tasmanians don’t.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  15 Dec 2022


City Planners Around Table

TasPorts - Macquarie Point Stadium

I wonder if TasPorts was consulted about the proposed stadium at Macquarie Point?

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  1 Dec 2022


House of Assembly, Tasmania

Proposed Stadium Development Select Committee

We think parliament should have a look at a proposed project of this scale and expense.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  28 Sep 2022


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

State of the Health System

Nobody who understands what Tasmania is experiencing in our health system supports a new stadium.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  27 Sep 2022


House of Assembly, Tasmania

What Happened to Rockliff’s Government of Heart?

The Premier continues to insist on his plan to build an unnecessary $750 million plus football stadium – despite massive community backlash.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  27 Sep 2022


AFL

Stadium Plan Insulting to Tasmanians in Need

he secretly decided mega-million dollar stadium plan for Macquarie Point is an insult to every Tasmanian who can’t afford their rent or is living in a tent.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Sep 2022


Houses, Construction

Premier Prioritising Mega Stadium Over Homes for Tasmanians

This week the Premier announced a $750 million mega stadium to be built within five years - while allocating $1.5 billion for housing to be built in ten years.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  3 Mar 2022


Parliament House, Tasmania

State Development - Macquarie Point

Looking at the master plan for Macquarie Point, there are a number of extremely exciting proposed developments there.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  7 Sep 2021


Parliament House, Tasmania

Treasury - Macquarie Point

The vision of the Government has changed three or four times since the area of land first became a possibility.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  6 Sep 2021


City Planners Around Table

Science and Technology – Macquarie Point Science Precinct

Glenys Jones and Keith Sainsbury have proposed that a science centre of sustainability could be established at Macquarie Point.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  24 Nov 2020


Log Pile at the Port of Burnie, Tasmania

Resources – Macquarie Point Stockpile

It is quite apparent that the stockpile of whole logs at Macquarie Point has grown.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  26 Nov 2020


Legislation, Clause Being Highlighted

Macquarie Point Development Corporation Amendment Bill 2018

It is a bill to remove the voice of Tasmanians from debate about this most central part of our capital city.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  18 Oct 2018


Hobart, Tasmania

Macquarie Point Development Corporation Amendment Bill 2018

It is disappointing for people in Hobart, Greater Hobart and Tasmania to have been so thoroughly shut out of this process at this point.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  18 Oct 2018


Hobart, Tasmania

Transport Minister Kept in the Dark Over Rail Tracks Removal

The decision to pull up rail tracks on the Macquarie Point site was made without the approval or knowledge of Infrastructure and Transport Minister.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  17 Oct 2017


Hobart, Tasmania

Why Radio Silence on Macquarie Point Native Forest Exports?

It is now more than four months since the Liberals announced that Hobart's port would be turned into a woodchip and log export facility.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  5 Feb 2017


Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Tasmania

Warped Liberal Politics Put MONA's Macquarie Point Vision at Risk

The Tasmanian Greens welcome the vision within the MONA Macquarie Point cultural plan, and the focus on Truth and Reconciliation.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Dec 2016


Risdon Brook Reservoir, Tasmania

Hands Off Minister Fails on Macquarie Point

The potential of Hobart's railyards site is in jeopardy as a result of a hands-off Minister and failure prioritise the transformation of Macquarie Point.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Nov 2016


Log Pile at the Port of Burnie, Tasmania

Macquarie Point Woodchip Export Deal Suspicious

Majestic Timbers Australia did not register as a company until 10 days after Mr Gutwein had stated that terms had been agreed to.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Sep 2016


Overland Track, Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Tasmania

Forestry EOI Process Won't Revive Native Forest Logging

The Minister for Forests is dreaming if he believes there is a viable future in native forest woodchip or whole log exports.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  8 Jul 2016


Hobart, Tasmania

Eden Project Unique Opportunity for Tasmania

The world renowned Eden Project has expressed interest in establishing its first Southern Hemisphere base in Hobart at Macquarie Point.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  8 Jun 2016


Waste, Pile of Rubbish

Macquarie Point remediation and Copping c-cell

There is legacy waste issue with Macquarie Point, what is going to happen to the waste, and where it is going?

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  29 Oct 2015


Pile of Woodchips

Macquarie Wharf Woodchip Madness

Southern Tasmanians are entitled to know whether or not the Hodgman Government is serious about exporting woodchips from Macquarie Point.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  30 Jan 2015