Inquiry into Tasmania's $750m AFL stadium bid told documentation happens at 'end of process'

The inquiry was told it is "normal" in a negotiation that "things are exchanged verbally and formalised in an agreement at the end of the process". (Supplied: AFL)

The AFL made a new stadium in Hobart a requirement "from day one" for Tasmania to get its own team, state officials say, despite the premier repeatedly saying the bid was not contingent on the $750 million waterfront stadium.

A Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts is undertaking a "targeted inquiry into the Tasmanian government's process into the feasibility planning for a new sporting and event stadium in Hobart".