Media Release: Upper House Passes Motion to Call Tasmanian Planning Commission Expert Panel
Upper House Passes Motion to Call Tasmanian Planning Commission Expert Panel
4 November 2025
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today welcomed the Legislative Council’s support for her move to establish a dedicated parliamentary committee with the sole purpose of hearing from the independent Tasmanian Planning Commission (TPC) on its Final Integrated Assessment Report of the proposed Macquarie Point Stadium.
“This vote now means the Legislative Council can hear directly from the TPC in an appropriate and transparent manner as part of our deliberations leading up to the Upper House’s debate on the government’s Macquarie Point Stadium Order,” Ms Webb said.
“In various public commentary by Government and during briefings, many assertions have been made regarding apparent limitations of, or issues arising from the Integrated Assessment Report but MPs have had no way to ground-check those matters with the Expert Panel.
“Upon advice, and to prevent any risk of perceived politicization of the independent TPC, convening a specific Select Parliamentary Committee will provide the appropriate mechanism for Members to raise directly with the independent Expert Panel matters arising from its Final Integrated Assessment Report of the proposed Macquarie Point Stadium.
“This specific Select Committee will ensure all Members of the Upper House can thoroughly fulfil their due diligence and scrutiny responsibilities in preparation for our debate on the government’s Stadium Order next month, by ensuring we hear from the independent TPC Expert Panel along with all the other stakeholder briefings we are receiving.”
Ms Webb said the next steps will be for the new parliamentary committee to set a date and time for a formal public hearing, to which the independent TPC Expert Panel will be summonsed to appear before.
“The motion specifies the Legislative Council Committee is to report by 2nd of December this year, before it is scheduled to debate the government’s Stadium Order.
“On behalf of those in our community who want and deserve a rigorous, transparent and equitable debate, I thank my Upper House colleagues for their support in establishing this specific Select Committee to help inform our deliberations,” Ms Webb said.
Text of Ms Webb’s motion passed by the Legislative Council:
That a Select Committee be appointed, with power to send for persons, with leave to sit during any adjournment of the Council, and with leave to adjourn from place to place, to be informed by the members of the Tasmanian Planning Commission independent expert assessment panel (the Panel) that assessed the Macquarie Point Multi Purpose stadium proposal with regard to:
a) The Panel’s Integrated Assessment Report, dated September 2025, and Recommendation Report dated September 2025 (the Reports),
b) The content, findings and recommendations in the Reports,
c) The methodologies the Panel used in conducting their assessment, and
d) The data and evidence the Panel relied upon in making their assessment, findings and recommendations.
