Overview

• Labor leader Dean Winter tabled the motion on June 3 and secured support from the Greens plus independents Craig Garland, Kristie Johnston and Andrew Jenner to form a majority.
• After more than nine hours of debate on June 4, parliament adjourned the no-confidence discussion to resume on June 5 with its passage widely anticipated.
• Rockliff has defended his record as responsible leadership and condemned the motion as ‘nasty and bullying,’ warning a successful vote would trigger an early election just 15 months after the last poll.
• Critics highlight the 2025–26 state budget’s forecast of consecutive deficits and a debt climb to $10.8 billion by 2028–29 as the core rationale for removing his minority government.
• Political uncertainty now threatens key infrastructure, notably the Tasmania Devils AFL team’s Macquarie Point stadium project, and opens the door for the Greens to form a Labor-led minority government.