Jeremy Rockliff declared victory on Saturday night after his party secured 14 seats to Labor’s nine, but both are short of the 18 required for majority. Follow today’s news live
To the Tasmanian election now, which has delivered another hung parliament, and both the Labor and Liberal parties facing a negotiation period to form government.
A roughly 3% swing to the Liberals secured them 14 seats to Labor’s nine – the worst-ever result in Tasmania for the Labor party, at just 26% of the primary vote.
The result of this election is that the Liberals will have the most seats, but it is uncertain as to how they will achieve a majority. Another election is not an option, which means we need to figure this out.
They need to negotiate and respect the views of parliament.
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