Tasmania is going to an early election. Will the country’s last Liberal state be no more?
- Written by Richard Eccleston, Professor of Political Science; Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania
After months of speculation about an early election and a battle to keep minority government alive, Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff – Australia’s last remaining Liberal Premier – has called an election for March 23, three years into a four-year term.
In making the announcement, Rockliff said he wanted the stability of majority...
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