Media Release: TPC Macquarie Point Stadium Recommendation Must be Heeded
TPC Macquarie Point Stadium Recommendation Must be Heeded
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today welcomed the release of the final Tasmanian Planning Commission recommendation report on the proposed Macquarie Point Multipurpose Stadium.
“This Report is a potential circuit-breaker that should bring the AFL and Tasmanian Government back to the negotiating table,” Ms Webb said.
“Our independent planning umpire has spoken, and it should be respected.
“The unequivocal recommendation is that Mac Point is the wrong location and the stadium’s projected debt burden on Tasmanians is deemed unacceptable.
“This will be a leadership test for the Premier.
“Will Jeremy Rockliff demonstrate responsible leadership by accepting this unequivocal recommendation from the TPC planning experts, stand with them, and request the AFL to come back to the negotiating table?
“Tasmania’s promised football team should never have been put at risk by the ill-conceived Mac Point stadium requirement.”
Ms Webb said the AFL must now seriously consider its reputational risk should it still stubbornly insist on the Mac Point stadium.
“Is the AFL seriously going to demand a democratically elected parliament, accountable to Tasmanians, to ignore the recommendations made by our independent planning umpire?
“The responsible and common-sense course of action is clear.
“The TPC recommendations should be treated as a circuit-breaker, which brings both the AFL and the State Government back to the negotiating table to secure the future of our team minus this divisive and unsuitable stadium – but maybe a different stadium in a more appropriate location,” Ms Webb said.
