Labor flees to Opposition in Tasmania

  • Kate Crowley

06 April 2010Tasmanians have entrusted the Greens with the balance of power. So what happens next and how will this work, asks Kate Crowley in On Line Opinion

THE TASMANIAN Premier David Bartlett has conceded defeat in the March 20th state election now that the final result has been clarified.

Labor and the Liberals have tied with ten seats each, with the Liberals attracting more votes, and the Greens picking up an extra seat to hold a total of five.

In a bizarre declaration, Bartlett has cited the Opposition parties moving a no confidence motion in the integrity of his government on November 18 last year as part justification for his decision to not seek to form government. At the time, Labor held majority numbers, so the motion failed...

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