It is now (almost) official: Tasmania will finally take its place in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Tasmania, a foundation state of the nation’s homegrown game of Australian rules football, has trod a tortuous route, with great drama, over its plan for a 23,000-seat indoor stadium precinct at Macquarie Point on Hobart’s picturesque waterfront.
The state is now on the cusp of realising a dream many footy-loving Tasmanians had long hoped for.
