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3w ago

Launceston Councillors’ Meetings Overrun as Stadium Proposal and Leadership Debate Intensify

Extended sessions are exacerbating decision delays during a critical review of sports infrastructure alongside political leadership scrutiny

View from Lindsay Street, back towards Invermay Road. Picture by Paul Scambler
Omar Carrillo, Tim Archer and Raz Haroon. Picture by Phillip Biggs.
Most of the government's members were absent from the chamber in the morning while a motion of no-confidence in Premier Jeremy Rockliff was being debated. Picture by Matt Maloney
Lyn Nicholson, Prue McCausland, Pamela Armstrong, Karen Hadley, Sallyann Geale, Carol Fuller, Denis Garland and Nina Cox at the launch of White Ribbon's Metro bus message. Picture by Phillip Biggs

Overview

  • Since cutting their schedule by one third, Launceston council meetings have regularly overrun, hindering timely decision-making
  • Gutwein labeled Winter opportunistic after his critique of council efficiency
  • Tyrrell suggested scrapping the proposed stadium entirely
  • Brendon Gale stated that existing undertakings between the AFL and the Tasmanian government will not change
  • Debate over leadership roles in the Tasmanian parliament is intensifying against a backdrop of political infighting