Councillor Ben Lohberger Profile picture
Hobart City Councillor, charity worker, gardener, and writer. Elected to the Hobart City Council in 2022 #lgtas #politas #gotiges
Jan 31, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Why did Hobart City Council send a confidential two-page briefing to its/our elected members, secretly urging them to “collaborate” with UTAS on its proposal to redevelop the S/Bay campus? I just asked HCC to release the document, so we can all see it... #LGTas #politas ... but they’ve taken all three of my questions on notice, and blamed their inability to answer on the short period of time since I sent the questions. Just for the record, I sent them on Tuesday 14 January, almost two weeks ago.
Mar 31, 2019 59 tweets 60 min read
The @UTAS_ Council meets on Friday to decide whether to abandon most or all of the beautiful Sandy Bay campus, based on a lie. UTAS claims it can’t refurbish old buildings on the campus, but the evidence says it can. They wasted the💰on CBD buildings instead
#politas #lgtas ImageImageImageImage The Engineering building at Sandy Bay was built in 1959. A few weeks ago UTAS launched a new state-of-the-art design centre inside this 60-year old building. This facility is one of the most modern teaching spaces in Tasmania. In a 60yo old building
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Feb 12, 2019 49 tweets 34 min read
The purchase of the former Forestry Tasmania building is not the only real estate deal that's seen UTAS take a financial bath, at taxpayer's expense. Thread.
#politas #lgtas #Hobart
The former Forestry Tasmania building was previously owned by Calbourne Nominees, a company associated with the Rockefellers. According to the ABC, the property was valued at $5.7 million and UTAS paid $15 million Image