Live: Anger over Hobart AFL stadium sinks Tasmania's government into minority as MPs quit party

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Live: Anger over Hobart AFL stadium sinks Tasmania's government into minority as MPs quit party
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Concerns over a contentious $715 million stadium and the government's priorities have pushed two Tasmanian MPs to quit the Liberal Party and sit as independents, ending Premier Jeremy Rockliff's majority.

Ms Alexander says she and Mr Tucker "do not want to kill football in the state". They just want the Tasmanian people to know how decisions were made around the stadium.3m agoLara Alexander, the former CEO of

"I think [it should go] back to the bread and budget issues, and be transparent and honest with the community.'We're not planning to bring the government down' So what the future holds I do not know, but usually when you become an independent - myself and Lara are well aware of this, there is no going back."Fri 12 May 2023 at 1:15am"I have to be truthful to what I believe in," she said.

I can echo what John has said. For me it is important and I've been trying to understand and, I guess, that for a lot of Tasmanians, and a lot of our constituents, the question is is that if we all started to support the [AFL] team and the further along the line it became a package with the stadium.…A number of questions are unanswered and questions that have created this big anxiety and split in our community and people deserve to get an answer to all these genuine questions.

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