Roland Browne
@slowguns.bsky.social
Almost Ex-Twitter. Vice President of Gun Control Australia. Lawyer. Advocate for gun control, electoral reform and other things. Electoral Act auth’n: 115 Collins St Hobart.
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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
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Tasmania is about to enter a period of fiscal austerity it hasn't experienced before. Hospitality businesses near the stadium are expecting some sort of economic nirvana. They better hope mainlanders are cashed up. Tasmanians using the stadium will be lucky to afford a packet of chips. #politas
Cutbacks, revenue raising in line to help fund Hobart AFL stadium
Tasmania's premier and treasurer agree to reduce borrowings for government businesses in an effort to accommodate more debt for the Hobart AFL stadium.
www.abc.net.au
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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
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“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
Cutbacks, revenue raising in line to help fund Hobart AFL stadium
Tasmania's premier and treasurer agree to reduce borrowings for government businesses in an effort to accommodate more debt for the Hobart AFL stadium.
www.abc.net.au
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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
“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
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@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
Foo Fighters will play one Australian show next month, in Launceston
Foo Fighters, one of the biggest bands in the world, will play just one small Australian city when they travel out here in January.
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
@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
Foo Fighters will play one Australian show next month, in Launceston
Foo Fighters, one of the biggest bands in the world, will play just one small Australian city when they travel out here in January.
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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
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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
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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
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“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”?
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Division and derision: how plans for an AFL stadium left Tasmania in pieces | Jack Snape
Division and derision: how plans for an AFL stadium left Tasmania in pieces | Jack Snape
Whatever parliamentarians decide this week the acrimonious debate over the Macquarie Point plan in Hobart will leave a stain on the state
In a state with a rich history of activism, Sunday was a protest against a protest. Around 15,000 braved the rain to gather at Hobart’s parliament house to tell the soon-to-vote crossbenchers: “Yes stadium.”
The AFL’s invitation in 2023 for Tasmania to join the mainland’s premier competition is arguably the greatest gift in Australian sport. The condition of that offer however, that the poorest state builds an expensive stadium on a precious parcel of land, has been described as “unconscionable”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
OUR PLACE HOBART RESPONDS TO YES TEAM YES STADIUM RALLY
Our Place responds to Yes Team Yes Stadium rally - No New Stadium
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November 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
OUR PLACE HOBART RESPONDS TO YES TEAM YES STADIUM RALLY
@ABC, what about asking what would it be like to experience ANZAC Day at the Cenotaph with the stadium dominating the area, and desecrating the Cenotaph? #nonewstadium
What would it be like to visit the proposed Hobart stadium?
From potential gridlock to an "immersive" viewing experience, let's set aside the politics — just for a moment — and look at what planning documents tell us about the building at the heart of Tasmania...
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
@ABC, what about asking what would it be like to experience ANZAC Day at the Cenotaph with the stadium dominating the area, and desecrating the Cenotaph? #nonewstadium
We couldn’t afford a stadium 2 years ago at a cost of $750m (++). We can’t afford it today at $1.13billion (++) and we won’t be able to afford it late next year when contracts are signed for maybe $1.5billion (++). And the ++ is in the order of at least $350m (that we know of). #nonewstadium
Tasmania’s economy is in a diabolical situation. Saul Eslake says no one is to blame but the Govt. Eric Abetz must be held accountable. We CANNOT afford a stadium.
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We couldn’t afford a stadium 2 years ago at a cost of $750m (++). We can’t afford it today at $1.13billion (++) and we won’t be able to afford it late next year when contracts are signed for maybe $1.5billion (++). And the ++ is in the order of at least $350m (that we know of). #nonewstadium
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Tasmania’s economy is in a diabolical situation. Saul Eslake says no one is to blame but the Govt. Eric Abetz must be held accountable. We CANNOT afford a stadium.
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Tasmania’s economy is in a diabolical situation. Saul Eslake says no one is to blame but the Govt. Eric Abetz must be held accountable. We CANNOT afford a stadium.
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More political instability caused by stadium. Bad policy combined with a lack of political integrity - a recipe for failure. He won’t be re-elected. #nonewstadium
Hobart stadium backflip sparks row in Shooters, Fishers, Farmers party
Key figures in Tasmania's Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party have quit following new MP Carlo Di Falco's backflip on the Macquarie Point Stadium project.
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
More political instability caused by stadium. Bad policy combined with a lack of political integrity - a recipe for failure. He won’t be re-elected. #nonewstadium
More political instability caused by stadium. Bad policy combined with a lack of political integrity - a recipe for failure. He won’t be re-elected. #nonewstadium
Hobart stadium backflip sparks row in Shooters, Fishers, Farmers party
Key figures in Tasmania's Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party have quit following new MP Carlo Di Falco's backflip on the Macquarie Point Stadium project.
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
More political instability caused by stadium. Bad policy combined with a lack of political integrity - a recipe for failure. He won’t be re-elected. #nonewstadium
For those of you that can’t get to the display, here’s MPDC’s latest model of its stadium, on display at Macquarie Point. Iconic. Looking more and more like the Sydney Opera House. #nonewstadium
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
For those of you that can’t get to the display, here’s MPDC’s latest model of its stadium, on display at Macquarie Point. Iconic. Looking more and more like the Sydney Opera House. #nonewstadium
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This is what they said in July to the Planning Comm. Now, they admit no accreditation until the Stadium is built. And the building is only 70% designed. If no cricket accred, who pays? @kristiejohnstonmp.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social @megwebb-mlc.bsky.social
Cricket Tasmania 'confident' of roof fix to proposed Hobart AFL stadium
Cricket Tasmania and the Macquarie Point stadium proponent believe they have found the solution to concerns about how the stadium's roof could affect cricket.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is what they said in July to the Planning Comm. Now, they admit no accreditation until the Stadium is built. And the building is only 70% designed. If no cricket accred, who pays? @kristiejohnstonmp.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social @megwebb-mlc.bsky.social
This is what they said in July to the Planning Comm. Now, they admit no accreditation until the Stadium is built. And the building is only 70% designed. If no cricket accred, who pays? @kristiejohnstonmp.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social @megwebb-mlc.bsky.social
Cricket Tasmania 'confident' of roof fix to proposed Hobart AFL stadium
Cricket Tasmania and the Macquarie Point stadium proponent believe they have found the solution to concerns about how the stadium's roof could affect cricket.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is what they said in July to the Planning Comm. Now, they admit no accreditation until the Stadium is built. And the building is only 70% designed. If no cricket accred, who pays? @kristiejohnstonmp.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social @megwebb-mlc.bsky.social
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Stadium taxes are on the way as predicted. Austerity measures in Greece in 2010 led to protests and riots. #nonewstadium
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Stadium taxes are on the way as predicted. Austerity measures in Greece in 2010 led to protests and riots. #nonewstadium
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You can read my thoughts about interview with the Treasurer on ABC Stateline re the current budget, in particular his comments about the differences between operating and capital expenditure. ruthforrest.com.au/opinion/oper... #politas #economics #budget #FiscalResponsibility #fiscalchallenges
Operational vs Capital expenditure – a Treasurer’s fiscal and moral assessment – Ruth Forrest
ruthforrest.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
You can read my thoughts about interview with the Treasurer on ABC Stateline re the current budget, in particular his comments about the differences between operating and capital expenditure. ruthforrest.com.au/opinion/oper... #politas #economics #budget #FiscalResponsibility #fiscalchallenges
“This is not infrastructure investment in any economically meaningful sense. It is value destruction financed by debt.” #nonewstadium @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social
Operational vs Capital expenditure – a Treasurer’s fiscal and moral assessment – Ruth Forrest
ruthforrest.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
“This is not infrastructure investment in any economically meaningful sense. It is value destruction financed by debt.” #nonewstadium @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social
This is a really important development - facts matter. @megwebb-mlc.bsky.social @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social @cassyoconnor.bsky.social #nonewstadium
Media Release: Upper House Passes Motion to Call Tasmanian Planning Commission Expert Panel - Meg Webb MLC | Independent Member for Nelson
My name is Meg Webb. Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.
megwebb.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This is a really important development - facts matter. @megwebb-mlc.bsky.social @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social @cassyoconnor.bsky.social #nonewstadium
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The massive debt ….. the lack of income …. the scandalous disingenuousness. It’s a familiar Tasmanian big project script. #nonewstadium
This latest update on my website considers the 2024/25 Hydro Tasmania annual report- what does it tell us - especially when the State is facing a financial crisis? ruthforrest.com.au/opinion/hydr... #scrutiny #transparency #politas #GovernmentBusiness #FinancialReports #economy
Hydro Tasmania’s Hidden Crisis – Ruth Forrest
ruthforrest.com.au
November 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The massive debt ….. the lack of income …. the scandalous disingenuousness. It’s a familiar Tasmanian big project script. #nonewstadium
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no jail time, ludicrously pittance fine, fucking nothing, for inciting race-based murders and terrorism while posing as a child (nothing to worry about there either). Must be cool to be an old white racist.
Cardiff Catholic priest Mark Rowles sentenced for sending racist neo-Nazi messages
Father Mark Rowles was arrested by counter terror police for extreme right wing activity on social media.
www.bbc.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
no jail time, ludicrously pittance fine, fucking nothing, for inciting race-based murders and terrorism while posing as a child (nothing to worry about there either). Must be cool to be an old white racist.