In a performance worthy of Simone Biles, Labor has completed a stunning backflip and announced they’ll be backing the Liberals’ billion-dollar stadium.
This is a jaw dropping decision, even for the party that reversed their position on poker machines, political donation reform, mandatory minimum sentences, key planning laws, and much more.
The stadium will cost taxpayers a billion dollars plus, is opposed by a vast majority of Tasmanians, and is facing numerous other issues with stakeholders and the Macquarie Point site. But despite all this Labor have said they’ll back the project, no matter the cost.
Not only have Labor decided to back a project that is fundamentally flawed and that will cost Tasmanians more than a billion dollars, they made their new position known in the most cynical way possible. Rather than being honest with the communities voting in Saturday’s Legislative Council elections, they waited until afterwards to show their true colours.
If Dean Winter had made this announcement last week, how many voters would have changed their mind and voted for a candidate that truly opposed the stadium?
Despite Labor’s terrible decision, the stadium is still far from a done deal. The Greens will be fighting hard on behalf of the community to make sure this billion-dollar white elephant is never built.
