{"id":159315,"date":"2025-08-19T20:49:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/159315\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:49:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:49:20","slug":"defeat-for-tasmanian-labor-as-no-confidence-motion-in-jeremy-rockliff-fails-with-brutal-rebuke-from-crossbench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/159315\/","title":{"rendered":"Defeat for Tasmanian Labor as no-confidence motion in Jeremy Rockliff fails, with brutal rebuke from crossbench"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he is “enthusiastic” about his government lasting a full four-year term but admits it won’t be easy, after three successive early elections.<\/p>\n

Labor’s motion to test the confidence of the lower house failed to win any support from the crossbench on Tuesday<\/a>, bringing an end to 10 weeks of political uncertainty.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Jeremy Rockliff pictured with Liberal colleagues during the vote. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

Jeremy Rockliff retains power \u2014 at it happened<\/a><\/p>\n

Tasmanian Labor fails to unseat Liberal premier Jeremy Rockliff with not a single crossbencher voting for their no-confidence motion.<\/p>\n

The motion also included confidence in Labor leader Dean Winter as premier, which the Greens and other crossbenchers could not support, despite not having confidence in Mr Rockliff, either.<\/p>\n

It means Tasmania is in a similar position, numbers-wise, to before the snap state election, with the Liberals still with 14 seats, Labor with 10, the Greens with five and six other crossbenchers.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Labor leader Dean Winter makes his way to the side of the yes vote. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

Mr Rockliff said he did not expect further no-confidence motions.<\/p>\n

“I believe all members of parliament that were re-elected, that were in the last parliament, have learnt a lot from the experience of the course of the last 10 weeks,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We must respect the will of the people, and everyone has an individual responsibility to make this parliament work.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During two weeks of negotiation with the crossbench, Mr Rockliff promised to phase out greyhound racing in 2029, cancel plans to release more native forests for logging, and put a moratorium on the expansion of salmon farming.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A relieved Jeremy Rockliff moves to the side of the no voters. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

Labor chose not to make promises to the crossbench, instead choosing an upper house independent to be its treasurer and introducing a “framework” for policies to progress through parliament.<\/p>\n

Mr Rockliff said keeping the crossbench onside will be a key focus of his government, having twice failed to maintain its support in minority.<\/p>\n

“I have not taken any ministerial portfolios because I am dedicating my time to ensure that I work with the crossbench,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I want every single member of parliament that has been elected to have a win \u2026 have a win for their communities and the people that elected them.<\/p>\n

“It will not be easy, it is never easy, but what is important is that everyone accepts the responsibility of making this parliament work.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Independent Kristie Johnston was among crossbenchers against Labor’s motion. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff slammed Labor for its unwillingness to compromise. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

The brand new independent Member for Bass, George Razay, also refused to back Labor’s motion. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

‘Coronation of a Liberal-Green government’<\/p>\n

Having formally conceded the election via the lost confidence vote, Labor will now spill its leadership.<\/p>\n

The party’s three MPs who spoke during the no-confidence debate on Tuesday \u2014 Mr Winter, deputy leader Anita Dow and Clark MP Josh Willie \u2014 all strongly backed the party’s approach until the end in their speeches.<\/p>\n

They were each critical of the crossbench for not accepting Labor’s proposal for government without making concessions.<\/p>\n

This was reaffirmed via a statement from Mr Winter shortly after the final vote.<\/p>\n

“Unlike Jeremy Rockliff, Labor won’t abandon workers or make deals behind closed doors. While Jeremy Rockliff caved in to the Greens and compromised his values for power, I stood by workers and did not,” the statement reads.<\/p>\n

“Not only has the Liberals’ decade-old Labor-Green scare campaign been put to bed, but the Liberals are now in bed with the Greens themselves.<\/p>\n

“Tasmanians have just witnessed the coronation of a Liberal-Green government, and Tasmanian workers will never forget Jeremy Rockliff’s betrayal.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Grey<\/p>\n

Independent Graig Garland also praised the Liberals for policy concessions but warned they needed to keep their promises. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)<\/p>\n

Labor lost three votes on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Liberal MP Jacquie Petrusma was elected speaker over Labor MP Jen Butler<\/a>, and Ms Butler was then defeated by Greens MP Helen Burnet for the deputy speaker role, before the no-confidence motion debate could start.<\/p>\n

The parliament will return on September 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he is “enthusiastic” about his government lasting a full four-year term but admits…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":159316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,83119,24383,22389,50,90534,2853,24378,16808,3155,90535],"class_list":{"0":"post-159315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-crossbench","10":"tag-dean-winter","11":"tag-greens","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-no-confidence","14":"tag-parliament","15":"tag-rockliff","16":"tag-salmon","17":"tag-tasmania","18":"tag-woodruff"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115057404562944854","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}