00:00Hundreds of pages, 12 months in the making, one damning assessment.
00:08In very simple terms, the stadium is too big for the site and the benefits it will bring are significantly outweighed by the dis-benefit it creates.
00:17Quotes from the Tasmanian Planning Commission which has rejected the Macquarie Point Stadium on size, planning, heritage and economic grounds.
00:27It said it simply should not proceed. That is an unconditional rejection of this proposal.
00:33The recommendation the culmination of the Project of State Significance assessment process.
00:39The five member Planning Commission panel declared the stadium would be monolithic, that it would not be iconic and that its adverse effects are unacceptable.
00:49It also found that building the stadium would return just 45 cents for every dollar spent
00:55and that its more than billion dollar price tag would diminish the welfare of Tasmanians as a whole.
01:02They need to read this report and think of the state's future, their families' future, our children's future
01:09and whether we're going to bankrupt the state to build the Premier's stadium.
01:13The Premier, defiant, believing the benefits have been understated and vowing to plough ahead.
01:20They've said the stadium is constructible, all the issues around noise, around transport, around safety can all be addressed.
01:28The AFL in a statement reiterating, again, that the stadium is a condition of Tasmania getting a team.
01:35The Planning Commission's recommendation is a major step in the stadium process but not a defining one.
01:41It will still be up to both Houses of Parliament to ultimately decide the stadium's fate later this year.
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