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Tasmania finally scores an AFL spot
(L-R centre) Tasmania Premier Jeremy Rockliff, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan and Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles during an AFL press conference at North Hobart Oval in Hobart Source: AAP / LOIC LE GUILLY/AAPIMAGE
It's an announcement that's been decades in the making: the AFL says Tasmania will receive the 19th licence to join the competition. The move has been pitched by the state government as a major economic investment but the costs have divided Tasmanians.
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