Stop dreaming - Tasmania won t get its own AFL team
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Stop dreaming - Tasmania won t get its own AFL team
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Tasmania s AFL ultimatum is the right move, but it places the entire sport in Tasmania at risk
SatSaturday 13
FebFebruary 2021 at 12:02am
Severing ties with North Melbourne and Hawthorn would mean a $30 million hole in the winter tourism economy.
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Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein believes his ultimatum to the AFL presents Tasmanians with the ultimate win-win and he s probably right.
Either the AFL gives Tasmania a date for entry to the league, or the State Government cuts funding to Hawthorn and North Melbourne, leaving multi-million-dollar holes in their balance sheets.
It s a threat from the pen of a Premier in charge of a state that no longer has anything to lose, and a scenario the AFL surely doesn t want to see happen.
That’s all from the blog for tonight. Thanks for keeping us company.
A quick recap of the state of play in Australia after an eventful day:
Victoria will go into a five day snap lockdown from Saturday to Wednesday after an outbreak of cases stemming from the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel at Melbourne Airport.
International flights into Victoria have been paused starting Saturday.
The lockdown will mean Victorians are confined to their homes except for essential shopping, essential work or education, caregiving and exercise.
South Australia, West Australia, Queensland and the ACT have imposed border closures or restrictions for travellers from Victoria.