Tasmania's lower house has started debating an "order" to build the Macquarie Point stadium.

It follows years of public disagreements over the scope, cost and scale of the proposed stadium, which was written into the contract with the AFL for Tasmania to have its own team.

The latest cost estimate is $1.13 billion, including a $375 million capital contribution from the Tasmanian government, $240 million from the Commonwealth for the broader precinct, and $15 million from the AFL, with the remainder to be borrowings.

The debate is on an order to approve the stadium — the conclusion of a Project of State Significance process in which the Tasmanian Planning Commission (TPC) recommended against proceeding on a range of planning and financial grounds.

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