It’s the only blue state in a sea of red; and an election that will determine the fate of the last Liberal government in the country is fast approaching.
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff is rolling the dice in a bid to claw back majority government, calling an early election more than a year before it was due. But some polling suggests as many as 40 per cent of voters won’t vote for the Liberal or Labor Parties with neither likely to secure a majority. That could see the state’s next parliament being more politically diverse than the current one.
Polling shows a hung parliament is likely in Tasmania, with neither of the major parties set to secure enough seats to govern alone. Taking inspiration from the community independents' movement on the mainland, Voices of Tasmania spent the past year asking people their thoughts on political representation.“Only 3% said yes, they felt represented. 26% said somewhat represented and the rest, don't feel represented at all. And that's a really, really striking number.
Adjunct Associate Professor Kate Crowley, from the University Of Tasmania, says this will lower the quota needed to be elected under the Hare-Clark system used in Tasmania.
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