Liberal minority rule, Lambie alliance or Labor ‘traffic light’ coalition: where to now for Tasmanian politics?

As the dust settles from an unnecessary election, premier Jeremy Rockliff has some serious work to do to form a stable government

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Jeremy Rockliff brought this on himself.

The Tasmanian premier - the leader of Australia's sole Liberal government - called an election a year earlier than required, believing he could persuade voters to reject the chaos" of minority government and reward his party with a fourth straight majority victory. Tasmanians didn't buy it.

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