Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein resigns citing family reasons | MartaPascual3
Mr Gutwein is Tasmania’s Premier and Treasurer as well as holding the tourism and climate change portfolios.At a press conference, Mr Gutwein described the pressure that political life had placed upon his family as he explained the decision to resign.
“The longest I’ve spent in my house, here in Launceston, in the last couple of years was the seven days I had an isolation. That’s the longest period that I’ve been under that roof continuously and I think that probably says it all,” he said. Mr Gutwein led the Liberal Party to victory in the 2021 election having succeeded Will Hodgman as Premier in 2020.
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