History
The Macquarie Point Stadium is a planned stadium to be built at Macquarie Point, Hobart. It has attracted controversy within Tasmanian politics due to its cost, which is now projected to be a total of $945 million, above the original $715 million. [1]
The stadium has been supported by the Liberal party since its inception. [1] The Labor party under Rebecca White was not supportive of a stadium, and in the 2024 Tasmanian state election the Labor party pledged to abandon the stadium and instead build a elective surgery hospital in Hobart. [2] [3] Following the 2024 state election, Dean Winter was elected as Labor leader and subsequently reversed the party's position, becoming in favour of the stadium. [4] Following the 2025 state election, Josh Willie was elected as Labor leader and continued the party's support of the stadium. [5] The Tasmanian Greens and Jacqui Lambie Network have been against the stadium since its inception. [6] [7] In the parliament following the 2025 state election, all crossbenchers bar David O'Byrne are against the project. [8]
The stadium was to go through the Project of State Significance (PoSS) process, however in 2025 the Rockliff government announced that it would instead introduce enabling fast-track legislation to bypass that process. In July 2025, it was reported that the legislation would likely not be passed by the time that the PoSS report was released. [9]
Following the 2025 state election, Premier Rockliff appointed Eric Abetz as the inaugural minister in the Third Rockliff ministry. [10]
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