Anti-stadium politicians from Tasmania have taken their fight to AFL headquarters, but predictably neither side has shifted ground.
Approval for the divisive $1.13 billion Hobart venue will come before state parliament in November, with a critical upper-house vote to decide the project's fate expected in December.
Construction of the stadium is a condition of the Tasmania Devils entering the AFL and AFLW competitions in 2028.
The venue is backed by the governing Liberals and Labor opposition, but opposed by the Greens and several influential crossbench independents.
Greens MPs Vica Bayley and Cassy O'Connor and independents Kristie Johnston and Peter George had a 30-minute meeting with several AFL officials in Melbourne on Wednesday.
"We had some frank conversations. They were very cl

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