Hasn’t it though. I was just thinking about all those public servants that Abetz wants to lay off. Could they at least start with the people with a bunch of serious complaints against them?!

Makes me wonder if this was the whole point of the stadium, an excuse for extreme austerity measures that were already looming due to the financial malpractice of the current run of Liberal governments. Now the voterbase of the Liberal party will defend it as for the greater good...of the stadium.

A $650,000 PR stunt that accidentally proves Tasmania already has a stadium good enough for international bands, and the AFL games they already played there for years.

Abetz already started the debunking process yesterday:
"Every intention is to maintain that cap."

And this even while the LegCo is still sitting!

she goes on in her weepy speech in parliament to say "many Tasmanians are worried about the cost, location and whether the benefits will truly flow to local people. Those concerns are valid"

AND THEN SHES GOING TO VOTE FOR IT ANYWAY

#politas

Reach for the stars**

**seven afl matches and a cold chisel reunion show per year

Nothing changes. If we were debating the same amount of money going to health, education, infrastructure it would be framed as too expensive too onerous for the small state to fund. A big shiny stadium however…