The Greens to stand up against the stadium and ‘hokey, anti-science’ Liberals

The Greens are taking its anti-stadium stance straight to the election. Why the minor party is fired up on the first day on the 2025 state election campaign:

Tasmanian Greens deputy leader Vica Bayley and leader Rosalie Woodruff at the Goods Shed on day one of the 2025 state election campaign. Picture: Elise Kaine

The Greens say the best chance of stopping the stadium is to vote for the only party opposing the project since day one.

On the first day of the 2025 state election campaign Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff said poll after poll showed waning support for a taxpayer funded stadium, and promised to stand with “the people” rather than corporations.

“We know people in their droves will be voting against any party or individual who supports that stadium,” Dr Woodruff said.

“The stadium is closer than ever to falling over, and this election is an opportunity to put a stop to it once and for all,” Dr Woodruff said.

“The Greens have been the strongest voice against the stadium since the beginning, so voting Green is the best way to send a strong message that this project should not go ahead.”

She said the Greens did everything in their power to avoid going back to the polls and placed the blame for the election squarely at the feet of Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Labor leader Dean Winter.

Dr Woodruff expects Tasmanians to express their “absolute distrust and concern about the state of the Liberal and Labor parties” at the upcoming election.

She said the Liberal Party was anti-science and that was evident by their endorsement of COVID-19 vaccine sceptic Julie Sladdon for Bass.

“[The Liberals] are climate denialists, they are anti-science and there is a whole bunch of hokey people in the Liberal Party that has now gone too far right,” She said.

Dr Woodruff told journalists on Thursday that she had no concerns about the many independents already putting their hands up to run in the election.

“We’ve worked so well and closely with the number of independents in this party,” she said.

“But I will say to Tasmanians you know when you vote for the Greens what you are getting.

“We don’t give in to big corporates, we declare our money and we are fighters,” she said.

She said the Greens were excited by the idea of a Green government, backed by independents.

“What once used to be, many eons ago, parties that stood to represent and listen to everyday people are now parties that are utterly beholden to big corporations, to developers, to fish farm interests, to the pokies lobbies and all the rest.

“We see it everyday in parliament, time and time again, legislation going through that’s in the interests of the developers that cuts out the voices of Tasmanians and cuts out the voices of the community.

“That’s where the Green’s stand — with community voices and against the power of big corporates,” Dr Woodruff said.

The Greens were “spoiled for choice” for candidates to run and the party was set to meet on Thursday night to make the final determinations, Dr Woodruff said.