Overview

• Tasmania is set to have its own AFL team after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged an additional $240 million to the state government to build a new stadium in Hobart.
• The stadium funding will go towards redeveloping Hobart's waterfront, including refreshing crown land from Macquarie Point to Regatta Point, core funding for the stadium, as well as transport infrastructure, port upgrades and housing.
• The Albanese government has also committed $65 million to match state government funding for upgrades to UTAS stadium in Launceston.
• AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan hopes the new stadium will make Tasmania an enticing proposition for players and create a "destination club".
• Hawthorn captain James Sicily cast doubts over whether players would want to join a Hobart-based club, but later backtracked.