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Tasmanian Governor to Decide on Snap Election by End of the Week
- Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff visited Governor Barbara Baker on June 10 to request Parliament be dissolved and a snap election called.
- This request followed Rockliff losing a narrow no-confidence motion last week, triggered by budget issues and delays with new ferry rollouts.
- The Governor may ask Rockliff to seek another Liberal leader or see if Labor’s Dean Winter can form government, though Winter refuses Green support.
- Rockliff said the election could be held no sooner than July 19, while Minister Felix Ellis affirmed, “We are absolutely behind Jeremy Rockliff.”
- A snap election would likely follow as the only way to resolve the political deadlock, marking Tasmania’s fourth in seven years and delaying key legislation.
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Tasmania’s Fate on Hold as Governor Weighs Options Following No-Confidence Vote
Tasmanian Governor Barbara Baker has postponed her decision on an early election until the end of the week, weighing the options after Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s urgent request. The announcement came swiftly after Rockliff met with Baker at Government House on the evening of June 10, formally requesting an early election. This urgent visit came just five days after the premier lost a critical no-confidence vote, proposed by Dean Winter, the state…
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