‘The Premier called me weak’: heated scenes inside Tasmania’s parliament amid no confidence motion

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Labor Leader Dean Winter tabled a no-confidence motion in Premier Jeremy Rockliff on June 3, 2025, citing growing debt and the plan to cut jobs and state assets.

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00:00I understand that members of the crossbench also take their responsibility seriously,

00:05and they will express that in different ways today.

00:08But having spoken to members of the crossbench over the past weeks and months,

00:12and over the course of the last 24 hours,

00:14I know that all of them have taken their responsibility really seriously.

00:19They have taken...

00:20Oh, yeah, oh, oh, because you're too weak.

00:23Members on my right.

00:26Look, the Premier says I'm too weak, and he will...

00:29I'm weak as water.

00:30You're no leader.

00:32And you are?

00:34Honourable Speaker, the Premier will go to the personal attacks today,

00:38just as his leader of government business did,

00:41because he's angry and upset.

00:43He's angry and upset that he's lost the confidence of this House,

00:47and he wants to blame the opposition.

00:49Honourable Speaker, it is not up to the opposition

00:50to provide supply and confidence to this Premier, or any Premier.

00:54It is up to the Premier to take responsibility for his own actions,

00:57for the fact that he hasn't got the confidence of the crossbench,

01:01to take responsibility for his own actions.

01:03When he took Tasmania to an early election,

01:06when he promised Tasmanians that would deliver stability and confidence,

01:10when he said minority government would wreck the economy

01:13and wreck our health care system,

01:15Honourable Speaker, he's living up to exactly what he promised would happen

01:18under a minority government.

01:20It is his responsibility to have agreements with the crossbench.

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