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Mentions

Venue for the council meeting.
Potentially included in the future cultural precinct area.
This may shape future investment, programming, and public-space changes in central Hobart's civic and arts precinct.

Decisions

City of Hobart · 27 April 2026

City Hall area identified for future cultural precinct planning

Council resolved to identify the area centred on City Hall, Theatre Royal/Hedberg, TMAG, Federation Concert Hall, and potentially Council Centre, Town Hall and Civic Square/Mawsons Place as a future cultural precinct, and to work with major state and cultural partners.

This may shape future investment, programming, and public-space changes in central Hobart's civic and arts precinct.

Meetings

City of Hobart · 25 May 2026

Council - 25 May 2026 4.00pm

Council endorsed the Hobart Bike Plan 2026 and debated, but did not pass, a proposal to raise rates on whole-home short stay visitor accommodation; the meeting then moved into closed session for confidential matters.

City of Hobart · 27 April 2026

Council - 27 Apr 2026 4.00pm

Council advanced a new e-bike-only shared micromobility tender, backed City Hall cultural precinct work, adopted amended 2026-27 fees including higher visitor accommodation application charges, received a South Hobart petition without further action, and approved a TasWater lease amendment at Cornelian Bay Point.