Call for AFL to Meet with Tassie Elected Reps\u2019 Delegation<\/p>\n
17 October 2025<\/p>\n
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today joined forces with Tasmanian representatives from all tiers of government seeking an urgent meeting with the AFL to discuss the ramifications of the Tasmanian Planning Commission\u2019s findings regarding the Macquarie Point stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is simply a responsible course of action for Tasmanians\u2019 elected representatives to discuss the TPC\u2019s verdict on the unsuitability of the Macquarie Point stadium with the AFL as a major stakeholder in that proposal, to ensure the range and depth of community concerns and objections held by the people we represent are heard and are understood,\u201d Ms Webb said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be an equally responsible step for the AFL to agree to this request to meet and engage with a Tasmanian delegation of elected reps.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a safe assumption the AFL is hearing a positive tale from the Rockliff Government and supporters of the Macquarie Point stadium<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there is too much is at stake for us to assume the full implications of the TPC\u2019s findings have been clearly and comprehensively presented to the AFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a clear responsibility on behalf of the many in my electorate who have raised informed and substantive concerns, to do my utmost to ensure the AFL is fully briefed on those concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Webb was a signatory to an initial joint letter sent to the AFL in June before this year\u2019s snap election.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is disappointing the AFL chose to ignore the earlier request to meet with a Tasmanian delegation consisting of a range of Tasmanian elected representatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, the release of the TPC\u2019s findings provides a further logical opportunity for the AFL to engage with the proposed delegation in good faith,\u201d Ms Webb said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Call for AFL to Meet with Tassie Elected Reps\u2019 Delegation 17 October 2025 Independent Member for Nelson Meg…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-218883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}