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AFL great Leigh Matthews expects the introduction of a 19th team in Tasmania will mean the competition expands again to 20.

Charlie Curnow kicks a career-high nine goals as Carlton convincingly defeats West Coast in Perth, while Melbourne hammers the Kangaroos at the MCG. Earlier, GWS, the Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs all recorded wins.

Housing affordability protesters gatecrash Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's announcement of $240 million in funding for a stadium on the Hobart waterfront. The project is central to the state gaining the AFL's 19th licence, and league boss Gillon McLachlan says a decision will be made "in the coming days".

Hobart — a city with no passenger trains or trams, a single ferry route and limited bus patronage — is about to get a 23,000-seat stadium close to the CBD. How will crowds get to and from there?

PM Anthony Albanese is expected to pledge $240 million for a new Hobart stadium, paving the way for the state to have its own AFL team.

#Chiefs legends and father-son duo Ed Budde and Brad Budde are set to announce the team's second-round draft pick.

League and union have been at loggerheads of late but sport is a free market and players have long switched codes

The state’s remarkably rich football heritage is to be rewarded with the league’s 19th licence after a decades-long bid for recognition

Anthony Albanese stands beside Tasmania's Liberal premier to make the first of two stadium funding announcements — fending off criticism he is diverting funds away from housing and health considerations.

“Excellent decision.”

There will be a total ban on football at Traeger Park in Alice Springs this year due to an alleged licence breach by AFLNT, according to the mayor of Alice Springs.