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Greens withdraw support for Tasmania's AFL bid

Hawthorn and North Melbourne play some home games in Tasmania but the state wants its own AFL side. (Linda Higginson/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The Greens have withdrawn support for Tasmania's AFL licence bid citing a billion-dollar stadium the party says the island state doesn't need and can't afford.

The minor party said on Saturday it had written to advise AFL boss Gillon McLachlan and the league's commissioners of its "difficult decision" to quit the tri-partisan push for Tasmania to join the national competition.

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