Tasmanians to head to the poll on July 19 in snap state election

Tasmanians will head to the polls next week, with the state election triggered by a no confidence motion in Premier Jeremy Rockliff.

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00:00There hasn't been a lot of polling ahead of this state election, but the indications

00:06are that Tasmania is heading towards another minority government.

00:11Some polls are showing that the vote for independence is up, the Green vote is steady.

00:16And we went into this election with the Liberals on 14 seats, Labor on 10 seats.

00:24So both major parties would need to pick up a number of seats in order to win a majority

00:29in a 35-seat parliament.

00:31They've been busy campaigning this week.

00:34The Liberals have been talking education, promising to lift numeracy results.

00:39Labor's been talking health, promising five new bulk-billed GP clinics across the state.

00:47But the leaders of both major parties have had minority government on their minds.

00:52Here's a bit of what they've had to say on the topic to ABC's Stateline program.

00:57We won't do any deals with the Greens.

01:01If I'd done a deal with the Greens, I could have been Premier right now.

01:04If we'd done a deal with the Greens 15 months ago, Rebecca White would be Premier.

01:08We don't do deals with the Greens, but we're happy to work with independents who are prepared

01:12to work with a Labor government that is offering a fresh start.

01:16What doesn't make the parliament work is those single-issue independents who effectively get

01:23less than 1% of the vote statewide that hold this state to ransom.

01:29We cannot afford that.

01:31What we need is a majority Liberal government to continue to get the job done.

01:35So Fiona, if it does end up as a minority government, what then are some of the key things that independents

01:41and the Greens are campaigning for?

01:43Well, Lorna, whoever wins the most seats at the state election is potentially dealing with

01:49a very diverse crossbench.

01:51We have independents calling for gambling reforms, others who want to see big changes

01:56to the salmon industry in Tasmania.

01:59And the Greens want to see regulation on short-stay accommodation.

02:03And alongside that is the big issue of the proposed AFL stadium at Macquarie Point.

02:09Now the Greens, a lot of the independent candidates as well as the National Party are all opposed

02:15to the stadium while the major parties support it.

02:19So like I say, whoever wins government on July 19 potentially has some complicated negotiations

02:25to do with the crossbench.

02:27Lorna.

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