Overview

• On August 17, independent MP David O’Byrne announced he will send Premier Jeremy Rockliff a letter of intent offering confidence and supply to the minority Liberal government
• O’Byrne declined any ministerial position, saying he did not want to be involved in a transactional deal
• His move shifts the parliamentary arithmetic in favour of the Liberals ahead of Labor leader Dean Winter’s no-confidence motion
• Tasmanian Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff said her party will not back the motion “at this stage,” leaving the final outcome uncertain
• Both major parties have courted crossbenchers with targeted policy concessions, including halting salmon industry expansion by the Liberals and Labor’s proposal to appoint independent MLC Ruth Forrest as treasurer