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Epoch Times
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
Tasmania Heads to Polls Again, Second Election in 14 Months
Tasmanians will return to the polls on July 19 after Premier Jeremy Rockliff was granted an early election by Governor Barbara Baker, just months after the March 2024 state poll. The decision follows a no-confidence motion passed in the lower house last week, leaving the Liberal leader's minority government in crisis.
Daily Mail
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Tasmania announces snap election following no-confidence motion in Premier Jeremy Rockliff
Tasmanians will go to the polls on July 19 after the embattled Liberal premier's request for an early election was granted. Jeremy Rockliff returned to Government House on Wednesday evening to meet with Governor Barbara Baker, six days after he lost the confidence of the parliament. In a statement after the meeting, Ms Baker confirmed she would dissolve parliament and issue the writ for an election to be held on July 19. It will be the fourth state election in seven years after early polls were also held in 2021 and 2024. 'Notwithstanding the recent 2024 election, the public interest in avoiding the cost of another election and the prevailing public mood against holding an election, I have granted Premier Rockliff a dissolution,' Ms Baker said in the statement. 'I make this grant because I am satisfied that there is no real possibility that an alternative government can be formed.' Rockliff has resisted pressure to resign and insisted the backing of his partyroom remains solid, despite reports former senator Eric Abetz and ex-deputy premier Michael Ferguson were willing to be leader. 'I have a commitment from my team to support me as leader and I am not going anywhere,' he said earlier on Wednesday. Rockliff denied he was 'driven by ego' in not standing aside from leading the minority government. Liberal MP Jacquie Petrusma didn't directly answer when asked if the party was doing numbers to roll Mr Rockliff. 'The premier is a fantastic leader and he has 100 per cent support of the PLP (parliamentary Liberal Party),' she said. Ms Baker also met Labor leader Dean Winter on Wednesday afternoon. Labor, which has just 10 of 35 lower-house seats, had said it would not look to form a minority government with the Greens. 'In that meeting (with the governor) I reiterated my position that Labor will not be doing a deal with the Greens,' Winter said. Labor, whose no-confidence motion against Rockliff was backed by the Greens and three crossbench independents, had called on the premier to step down. 'We've gotten to this point because of Jeremy Rockliff and his refusal to resign,' Labor MP Shane Broad said. 'I come from a farm and no matter how much you love that old sheep dog, if you can't round up sheep anymore it's time to get a new one.' Rockliff claimed the no-confidence motion was a deceptive power grab, while Labor says it was because of the Liberals' poor budget and project mismanagement. Winter, cited growing state debt, a intention to slash public sector jobs and a sell-off of state assets as the reasons for having no confidence in Rockliff's leadership. The premier took a crack at Winter for failing to 'front up' and hold a press conference on Wednesday. The Liberals had already appeared to be in fully fledged campaign mode, visiting a hospital to announce a four-year elective surgery plan. They were returned to power in March 2024, winning 14 seats and cobbling together enough support from the crossbench to govern.
AU Financial Review
11-06-2025
- Politics
- AU Financial Review
Tasmanian election is on after governor concedes no end to impasse
Tasmania will go to an election next month after the governor pulled the trigger on Wednesday to try to end a political impasse dogging the state and Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff's government. Governor Barbara Baker on Wednesday evening said she would dissolve parliament and issue a writ for an election to be held on July 19, sending Tasmanians back to the polls just 15 months after the last one.
ABC News
11-06-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Tasmanians to the polls on July 19
Tasmania's governor has granted Premier Jeremy Rockliff an early election, stating that she "is satisfied that there is no real possibility that an alternative government can be formed". Governor Barbara Baker has announced Saturday July 19 for the election.
Epoch Times
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
Tasmania's Fate on Hold as Governor Weighs Options Following No-Confidence Vote
Tasmanian Governor Barbara Baker has postponed her decision on an early election until the end of the week, weighing the options after Premier Jeremy Rockliff's urgent request. The announcement came swiftly after Rockliff met with Baker at Government House on the evening of June 10, formally requesting an early election. This urgent visit came just five days after the premier lost a critical no-confidence vote, proposed by Dean Winter, the state's Labor Party leader, plunging the state into political uncertainty. 'Following their conversation, Her Excellency is now taking the time necessary to give due consideration to all available options,' Government House Official Secretary David Hughes said. He added that the premier and governor would meet again by the end of the week, with further statements to follow.
