‘It's 50-50': Tasmania Liberals’ fate in balance as showdown looms

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Governor Barbara Baker reappointed Jeremy Rockliff as Tasmanian premier in minority government on August 6, 2025 after weeks of political limbo following a snap election. Video via AAP.

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00:00The last parliament failed to go for longer than 15 months and the next

00:05parliament must go for four years. In fact under the Liberals we've seen three

00:09early elections in a row and that's got to change which means we need to change

00:13the way that the parliament works and we need to change the government. It's clear

00:17we need a parliament that will work together and Tasmanian Labour stands

00:21ready to work with the crossbench to deliver Tasmanians a stable parliament

00:25and a stable government that can last for four years. We need to form a government

00:29for Tasmanians that need change. Tasmania can't afford the Liberals. Under another

00:34four years of Liberals net debt will triple. We'll go to $13 billion worth of

00:38net debt. We'll be in a situation the Tasmanians budget will never recover from

00:42so we need to form a government that's my focus over the next two weeks.

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