Jacqui Lambie discusses her position on a new stadium for Tasmania

The Advocate

Jacqui Lambie discusses why she doesn't think a stadium is the right priority for Tasmania.

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00:00 About the stadium, what happens, you've spoken fairly strongly on the stadium.

00:07 I've heard you make one suggestion, it's physically impossible.

00:14 Oh my God, that bloody stadium.

00:19 The funny thing is, it's all you people out there making a big thing, the Liberal Party about the stadium.

00:24 Most people out there, 90% of them are not talking about the damn stadium.

00:28 Every now and then I'll get a car go past me that goes, "Build the bloody stadium!"

00:33 I've been out there for what, two weeks now?

00:37 No, all this week I've been out there and all next week, and I've heard that said twice and I've had thousands of cars go past me.

00:43 Most people, like you would know, especially on this side of Tasmania, they're doing it tough.

00:49 For me, it's really difficult, because we all want the AF Paul team, not a problem.

00:56 First time they've come down and said, "You will have a roof on your stadium," you big-ass, you pay for it, then AFL.

01:02 What do the books look like, Sean? What do the books look like?

01:07 In state, how much money do we actually have? Can that money be better spent?

01:11 What is wrong with York Park? Because I know these guys, and this brings tears to my eyes, especially where we are.

01:16 They go, "I can hardly afford to drive to Launceston to take my kids through.

01:21 How the hell am I going to afford to get down to Hobart, spend the night down there so my kids can watch a footy game?"

01:26 And the other thing is, and the Liberal Party might answer this, what are Hawthorne and Kangaroo doing?

01:31 Because I'm hearing if we get a state team, there's no need for them to be coming down here.

01:36 So how many are we going to actually get then? Nobody wants to talk about that, and that's really worrying.

01:42 So I just think the books need to be looked at. There's plenty of room to move up there at York Park.

01:47 It has always been the AFL capital of Tasmania.

01:51 And then, of course, you have the traffic conditions that are going on in Hobart.

01:56 I mean, we must be the only place in the world that still manually puts up bollards in the morning and afternoon

02:01 along the DMI way going into Hobart, although I'm sure the tourists find it quite amusing.

02:07 It's an industry of its own.

02:09 Yeah, putting bollards up.

02:12 I might move into that at some point.

02:14 Well, they do say we're about 20 years behind you, so.

02:17 Well, what happens if, say, if you get an elected member who supports the stadium? Can you live with that?

02:24 Look, they all want a Tasmanian team there.

02:29 I think when you look at it, our biggest problem is the transparency.

02:33 How about you just be transparent about every move that you're making when you're building something worth billions of dollars like that?

02:39 And it is going to be one and a half bill the way they're going.

02:42 Look, there are plenty. There is still a discussion. We've got 2.0.

02:45 Apparently, there's now a 3.0 in the last 48 hours. I've heard somebody else come in and say, "I've got a better proposal."

02:50 I mean, it's for them to go and have a look at all that.

02:53 Is that the right position in Hobart? If it needs a stadium, that's fine.

02:56 We've also got the athletics track up there that I don't know why.

02:59 Why doesn't Tasmania maybe talk about having a sporting precinct? Go a little bit bigger.

03:04 Something like that. So that's what my guys need to go in there if they get in.

03:07 And they need to have a look at that and decide that.

03:09 First of all, they have to make sure that those people who really need help out there,

03:12 whether it's housing or health or education, that the money that we need is put into that.

03:17 We need to do something about those spaces out there, sure.

03:19 Okay. One of your candidates was a member of the YES Stadium Facebook group and later quit.

03:25 Was he monstered into doing that? And if so, who monstered him?

03:28 No, he wasn't monstered in that. I think that was Troy.

03:31 Troy's wanted a stadium. His kids play AFL.

03:35 There's no denying mine. Mine grew up at the AFL Academy. I was around those drains at Rainswell.

03:43 Of course, when it first came out, great idea, not a problem.

03:46 And we've watched that sort of unfold.

03:49 Look, Sean, I wish Tasmania had that sort of money and we could go big like that.

03:53 That'd be fabulous. I mean, I'm sure we all dream that.

03:55 But right now there are priorities.

03:57 And making them realised because we don't know what the books look like.

04:02 There are other priorities where people need help and we've really got to find a medium here somewhere.

04:06 So this is about being an adult and talking to each other over the table.

04:10 If you had the chance to talk to a decided, undecided voter, why would they,

04:16 why should they consider voting for the Jack and Lambie Network?

04:19 I think for us, we have rural life people out there with rural life experience.

04:25 They come from all different backgrounds. They haven't come up through the political institution.

04:29 We're very big on loyalty, trust, honour, that sort of thing and giving service back.

04:35 So, but the biggest thing that we pride ourselves on is integrity.

04:40 It's all about integrity.

04:42 We need to make sure that when things are done, they're put under the microscope

04:46 and that we have as much evidence as we possibly can in front of us to make the right informed decision.

04:52 So I'm just telling you, if you want people that are not brought up politically,

04:56 we don't take those big donations. They're going in there with the warmest of their hearts.

05:01 Give them a shot or you can, I mean Tasmanians, you've got one of three choices here,

05:05 one of two choices, sorry. You can either stick with the Greens, Labor and Liberal

05:08 or you can put in mind, give them a chance, give them a couple of chances to see how they go

05:12 and hopefully they do very, very well and I'm sure they will so we can grow bigger into the future.

05:17 That's all I'm asking. If you want another option and you want people with rural life experience,

05:22 people that are going to put their elections first because once again,

05:26 we don't take political donations from unions and business, then that's why you'll vote for us.

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