Tasmania will have a team in the AFL competition after the 18 clubs agreed to the entry of a 19th team.
The new Tasmanian team, set to join the AFL most likely from 2028, will have the right to bid for the sons of any former Tasmanian AFL player, as well as a $1 million pool to fund sign-on bonuses to attract players.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a press conference in Hobart on Saturday alongside Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff .Sources with knowledge of the situation said it was still be finalised, but it was expected the ex-Tasmanian player would still have to have played a minimum of 100 AFL games as the current rules require for a player to qualify as a potential father-son.
It has not yet been decided if there will be restrictions on how few, or how many players, the fund would be used for, but the AFL’s preference was that the money would not just be used on one player. There was no vote required of the presidents. They simply agreed to the team’s entry on Tuesday, having already reached a position of unanimous support beforehand.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Tasmanian Liberal government ‘campaigning openly’ for Albanese’s stadium fundingFormer Labor Senator Stephen Conroy says the Tasmanian Liberal government have been “campaigning openly” for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s funding of the AFL stadium in Hobart and Launceston. “The person and the government that has been campaigning openly for this is the Tasmanian Liberal government, the previous Premier and the current Premier of Tasmania, have put their money on the table … and they have run the campaign, they have threatened the AFL, they have emotionally blackmailed the AFL, they must have a Tassie team or they’re going to withdraw their subsidies,” Mr Conroy told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “This has been a campaign that’s got nothing to do with the Voice this is a campaign run entirely by the Tasmanian governments.”
Read more »
Tasmanian boy, 11, recovering in hospital after shark attack off WA coastAn 11-year-old boy bitten by a shark while snorkelling off the coast of Western Australia has a long road to recover to get back home to Tasmania. 9News
Read more »
Bushwalkers banned from Tasmanian national park while deer culled from helicoptersA Tasmanian national park popular with bushwalkers is being closed for a month so deer can be culled from helicopters using thermal-imaging technology. It's the first cull of its type in the state's history.
Read more »
Lambie lashes ‘civilianisation’ of ADF, joins calls for Pacific recruitmentCalls are growing for the government to rapidly boost ADF personnel, with MPs pushing for foreign fighters to be enlisted and even for a Pacific “battalion”.
Read more »
Leicester City v Everton: Premier League – liveMinute-by-minute report: It’s a crucial game in the relegation battle as 18th meets 19th. Join Michael Butler for the latest
Read more »
Tasmania set to enter AFL after decades of campaigningThe AFL club presidents have voted unanimously at a meeting today to grant Tasmania the game's 19th licence, fulfilling decades of dreams for a team from the island state.
Read more »