While my focus has been very much on the federal election, events have been developing in Tasmania, which culminated in a vote of no confidence on Thursday.
The premier, Jeremy Rockliff, has plans to visit the Governor on Tuesday to ask for an early election. At the moment it doesn’t seem likely that anyone else could command the support of the House of Assembly, but it is possible the Governor may decide to not grant an election right away in the hope of finding a way to continue with a parliament that is not yet 15 months old.
If an early election is called, the earliest possible date is July 19.
I had been planning to prepare a Tasmanian state election guide once the federal election is over, but events have forced this plan to be accelerated, so I have now published my guide.
It is entirely free from the paywall and features results maps, results tables, history, geographic descriptions and lists of MPs. It will eventually includes lists of candidates too. You can see the front page of the guide here, or click through on the electorate links below:
For now I’m going to return to analysis of the federal election, but once the election is called I will of course put together a schedule for podcasts, and turn some attention back to the southernmost state.