Tasmania’s government is in crisis. Could it spell the end for Australia’s last Liberal administration?

Jeremy Rockcliff's administration is teetering on the edge of collapse after Elise Archer quit as attorney general amid a leaked messages scandal. Here's the state of play

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The Tasmanian government - the last Liberal administration in Australia - is teetering on the edge of collapse after the attorney general, Elise Archer, resigned on Friday.

The issue came to a head after the Australian newspaper published text messages in which Archer had criticised her colleagues.

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