The Tasmanian premier is trying to neutralise a line of attack from Labor ruling out the privatisation of government-owned businesses.
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00:00Putting on a brave face after a bruising week in Parliament.
00:06And yes it is tough, but you know, I am resilient.
00:11A successful no confidence motion in the Premier, meaning he'll seek an early election on Tuesday, unless there's a new leader.
00:18Do you claim to resign?
00:20No.
00:21Has anyone else in your party asked you to resign?
00:26No.
00:27So an election looms as the most likely outcome. Business just wants stability.
00:34The Liberal Party was who was voted in, not the Premier.
00:37And the Liberal Party's set of policies that they took to the election, which they received support for, is what we've all agreed to do.
00:47The Premier already trying to neutralise a line of attack from Labor, ruling out the privatisation of government-owned businesses.
00:55Just a week after further flagging it as an option to deal with the budget deficit.
00:59It will also mean the state returns to surplus sooner and pays down debt.
01:04We were simply doing the work and encouraging a mature and balanced conversation that the business community wanted.
01:11He's now promising it will take a two-thirds majority in Parliament to privatise them in the future.
01:17I am not going to allow Dean Winter to run a deceitful scare campaign.
01:23This is a desperate Premier who's desperately trying to cling on to power.
01:27He'll do anything to stay there, including dropping his signature policy to privatise assets.
01:32And while the Macquarie Point Stadium was not part of the no-confidence motion, it's likely to loom large over an election campaign.
01:39The Premier standing by his proposal, while Labor not ruling out the so-called Stadium 2.0 on reclaimed land at Regatta Point.
01:48I said we support a stadium, including the Premier's stadium, but we were open-minded to other proposals, particularly if the finance and engineering on the Premier's proposal didn't work.
01:57Is it an absolute rock-solid guarantee that a stadium is part of your future plans, even if it means you can't form government?
02:05Yes.