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JUNE 2024 - 5
Labor’s stadium back-昀ip
UNDER new Opposition Leader
Dean Winter, the Labor Party
has ditched its anti-stadium policy and now backs an AFL home
ground.
Since becoming leader, Mr
Winter has publicly focussed
hard on jobs policy.
“Tasmania’s economy has
slowed. Five thousand jobs have
been lost since Jeremy Rockliff
lost majority Government,’’ Mr
Winter said.
“Building companies are
going bust. There are no major
infrastructure projects scheduled to come online once the
Bridgewater Bridge is 昀nished.
“A stadium will mean thousands of jobs in construction,
including hundreds of apprenticeships. That’s why Labor will
be backing a new stadium.
“Labor’s support doesn’t
mean the Premier will be let
off the hook for the promises he
has made – far from it. He needs
to deliver his capped spend of
$375m, with private investors
to cover any shortfall.
“While we will not be standing in the way of the current
Macquarie Point stadium proposal, we still hold concerns
around the deliverability of the
project.
“The Premier should not rule
out the Stadium 2.0 project.
“Labor has changed.
“Under my leadership, the
Labor Party stands for safe,
secure, well-paid jobs. That
means we will support projects
with the potential to create thousands of new jobs – including a
new stadium.’’
Rather than welcome the
backflip, Liberal Clark MP
Simon Behrakis raised concerns about close ties between
Mr Winter and a lobbyist for the
Macquarie Stadium 2.0 project.
“Dean Winter must come
clean about what role former
Labor Leader and personal mentor Paul Lennon is playing in
his stadium back昀ip,’’ Mr Behrakis said.
“Tasmania’s worst kept secret
is that Mr Winter’s stunning stadium back昀ip has been orchestrated by Mr Lennon.’’
Mr Lennon is lobbying for the
alternative Stadium 2.0 project
as opposed to the Liberal’s preferred Macq 01 stadium.
“Mr Winter pretends he’s had
an epiphany but the truth is the
job he is backing is those of Mr
Lennon’s mates.
“Did Winter’s stadium back昀ip go through the Labor Caucus
or did he bypass them because
Captain Lennon made the call
on his behalf?
“Mr Winter needs to explain
what discussions he’s had with
Mr Lennon about his stadium
strategy.
“He’s not only infuriated his
Labor colleagues with his secret
stadium deal – being rolled out a
day after the Upper House elections, he’s treating all Tasmanians like fools.’’
Dean Winter
Artist9s
project
comes
to life
TASMAN local artists will be in
the spotlight as part of Turrakana
Stories which is a collaborative
project between The Peninsula
Art Group and Turrakana Tasman
Arts.
The collaboration has produced
a collection of 昀ve short, local
anecdotal stories produced as
a series of animations with
illustrations by local artists.
Each artist illustrates various
visual elements in one or more of
the 昀ve stories.
The talented Maggie Rees has
drawn all of the human 昀gures,
Rhonda Lisson has painted the
water scenes in her signature
abstract style, Carole Trumble
has painted several landscapes
in gentle hues using watercolour,
Marlene Broughton has painted
scenes from Leila Nichols’ story
in exquisite detail, Lee-Anne
Goodwin has painted vibrant
landscapes in acrylic and Kaye
Saunders has created a suite
of delightful watercolours
of Tasmanian wildlife, from
marsupials, to sea birds, hawks,
owls and insects.
The Peninsula Art group
doubled their regular get togethers
to work on Turrakana Stories and
all the artists agree the project is
fun and worthwhile. Each artist
has been extremely generous
with their time and energy.
Marlene Broughton is pleased
to participate in Turrakana
Stories.
“It’s something I never thought
I would be involved in, and I’ve
really enjoyed the opportunity”.
Amanda Walker and Suze
van der Beek are coordinating
the project; gathering stories,
scripting storyboards, collecting
voice-overs and background
audio, liaising with Jim Coad,
the project’s animator, the
participating artists and the
various people who have
contributed stories.
Digital animator Jim Coad
visited recently and met the artists
and started the animation process.
It was wonderful for the artists to
see their paintings and drawings
come to life in a different way,
and everyone is excited to see
the 昀nal results once voice-overs,
music and background sounds
have been added in.
Member of the Peninsula Art
Group, Amanda Walker said:
“We are all doing what we love
and we’re doing it together. It’s
great to see our work presented
in a different format, the
animations are just fantastic and
it’s been a magical experience for
everyone”.
This project is assisted by
The Foundation for Rural and
Regional Renewal (FRRR)
and Port Arthur Historic Site.
Lightwave Festival Co-Director,
Suze van der Beek said she
appreciated the support from
these two organisations.
“The project could not have
gone ahead without funding to
cover various costs associated
with this project including artist
fees”.
Turrakana Stories will be
presented to the community
in the two weeks (July 1-12)
leading into Lightwave Festival
and afterwards at The Pear Shed
Gallery.
Another screening will be
hosted at Lightwave Festival’s
main event on Saturday, July 13.
ABOVE: Kaye Saunders, left, Marlene
Broughton, Amanda Walker, Lee-ann
Godwin and Maggie Rees.
BELOW: Marlene Broughton with her
painting of Tyenna.