Pokies, housing, hospitals and gun laws might have been the specific issues that dominated the campaign, but the decisive factor was Tasmanians’ enduring apprehension about minority government.
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The Liberals went from a losing position in Tasmanian polls months ago to a comfortable victory on election day.
The Liberals should win a majority at Saturday’s Tasmanian state election.
Both major parties have declared they will not form minority government in Tasmania – talk that should be taken seriously, but not literally.
The polls are leaning towards the Liberals holding power in Tasmania, but the unpopularity of the federal Coalition government could help Labor get over the line.
On Saturday, the winds of change took on the proportions of a Bass Strait gale to deliver the Liberal Party an emphatic victory in the Tasmanian state election. The Liberals, under long-serving leader…
