Early swing against Labor in Tasmanian election as voters punish party for snap election
The controversial proposed Macquarie Point Stadium was at the center of the debate surrounding the state elections and drew an unexpected coach of the political struggle.
For many such as Hobart residents, Travis Price, the expectation of the proposed stadium and a Tasmanian Afl team fired a new interest in politics.
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“Team and stadium was probably the first important thing to follow the things that are important for politicians and the state, Price said Price at a rally on a election day rally that supported the stadium on Saturday.
He saw the party as the most powerful defenders for the completion of the stadium and said that he had voted liberal.
His father James Price said he had a rusty labor voter. This election, however, voted for the Liberal instead and blames the Labor Party for bringing the Election and endangering the stadium plan.
“They have already spent a lot of money in the stadium, we cannot afford to come with the greenery or independent independent independents,” he said.
However, all football fans do not share the enthusiasm for the current offer of prices. Although Sharyn White is willing to have a stadium of Tasmania, he believes that the agreement requested by AFL is unfair to the state. He hopes that the independents will emerge as great winners on the election night.
“Our politicians did not make a good agreement for us, White said White. “We need reasonable people listening to expert advice.” He was disappointed that the stadium was dominated by the Tazmanian politics and shaded critical issues such as housing infrastructure, health reform and education.
Sharyn White loves football, but doesn’t like the stadium project.Credit: Peter Mathew
In 2023, Tasmania was licensed for his AFL team The Devils, who was connected to the construction of a new roof stadium with a roofed stadium of 23,000 people. However, there is no stadium, no team ultimatum has not been involved in political turmoil since then, recent surveys have opposed the controversial development of about 60 percent of Tasmanians.
The Tasmanians voted on Saturday in a second state selection for the second time in just 16 months. A strong Crossbench is probably a final survey that predicts a definite hanging parliament in which both the next government and the state will decide the fate of the controversial Afl stadium.
Yougov’s Election-Paid Survey showed that the majority of the big party is not close to the majority, the primary vote of the liberal party was clamped to 31 percent and Labour up to 30 percent. Greens support remained at 16 percent, while the independents rose to 20 percent.
In the last field on Friday, Liberal Prime Minister Jeremy Rockliff said that Opposition leader Dean Winter was “forcing this unnecessary choice” to the state’s progress.
Stadium plan has become the main problem for Footy-Mad TasmaniaCredit: Peter Mathew
“The majority liberal government is the only way to advance Tasmania with certainty, stability and efficiency, Rok said Rockliff.
However, winter said that Tasmanians had nothing to be shown for 11 years of liberal government.
“They manage big projects like souls wrongly [ferry roll-out]Our financial situation is the worst of the country, health waiting lists are the size they were ten years ago. ”
Although the worker promises not to make an official agreement with the Greens, he will need the support of the small party in winter to form a government, and yougov data will prefer voters. According to the survey, 55 percent of Tasmanians would choose ahead in a parliament hanging.
The fourth instant survey of the island in seven years was triggered when Rockcliff lost an insecure movement last month and chose to call an election instead of resigning the Premier.
Both the workers and the liberals have returned to the stadium, but there is a possibility that independent and anti -stadium greenery will play a key role in a parliament in a parliament, they will demand that stadium plans be reduced or replaced.
Stadium fans, Hudson, Noah and Jack, with Jack’s father Aaron Hilda on Saturday to support Afl Stadium proposed by Hobart.Credit: Peter Mathew
Just a few hours after the surveys were opened, more than a thousand stadium pro -Footy fans announced their views on foot to North Hobart Oval.
He joined the Aaron Hilder family and said that a stadium would be a game replacement for everyone in the state and that the high opposition was annoying.
“Very close, but we need to overcome the line,” he said.
High -profile independent Kristen Johnston said that the stadium project is an important “filter question için for voters.
“We can’t afford it, we don’t need it and it doesn’t fit the site, Mast said Masthead.
Clark Kristen Johnston opposes the independent candidate stadium plan.Credit: Peter Mathew
“I say no [to the stadium] They want to learn more about what I represent in terms of health, housing and education and they learn more.
“So this is not a referendum in the stadium, but the symbol of the basic issues about the future of the state.”
Johnston accused Afl of treating Tasmania with a “great disdain ve and said that the next parliament should stand firmly and demand a team, but that the conditions are not dictated by AFL about what is for this”.
For many Tazmanians, the discussion on the proposed stadium has become a wider reflection of their values.
Heidi MirtTL says that Tasmania cannot meet the stadium project with her son Em.Credit: Peter Mathew
On Saturday, he voted for a polls station, Hobart resident Heidi Mirtl, extremely visible discussion gained deep importance, he said.
“What has become the center that forms the basis of the values of people when they vote,” he said. Believing that the state could not meet the project, MirtTL showed the opposition of the greens to the stadium as a key reason for the game, and that priority should be “desperate need for housing and poverty”.
Effective Stadium-independent independent David O’byrne said the possibility of a local AFL team made politics “white-hot ve and motivated a new voter field.
“The problem passes the ideological lines, O’byrne said. “There is a group that is motivated to vote strategically to support something they feel strong, which actually offers a Tazmanya Football Club we want for a generation.”
Tazmanya, along with the action, uses the Hare-Clark selection system in the lower house. A proportional form of representation has recently been expanded, so that seven deputies were elected instead of five of each of the five voters of the state. This reduces the quota of the votes required to win seats by increasing the expectations of small parties and independents.
O’byrne said that the Labor Party was accused by many voters for causing unnecessary elections and promised to work in a constructive way with what he could form a government.
“I will not hang this as a threat,” he said. “Part of the problem, you have a few independent independent independent independent independent independents, but suddenly made everything a test of the relationship and therefore [the government] collapsed. “
O’byrne resigned from the Labor Party after the internal investigation into the allegation of sexual harassment 10 years ago and after failing to win the preliminary elections for the 2024 elections. The investigation found that O’byrne’s behavior was “inappropriate and wrong, but did not cause sexual harassment. In 2024, he was re -elected with the highest primary vote of any independent candidate.
