Overview

• A no-confidence motion backed by Labor, the Greens and independents stripped Rockliff of his majority, triggering an expected election call on Tuesday.
• The Greens proposed confidence and supply to Labor to avert another vote, but Opposition Leader Dean Winter rejected the plan outright.
• Bridget Archer, who lost her federal Bass seat in May, has been recruited by Rockliff to contest Bass under Tasmania’s Hare-Clark system.
• Archer said she will speak her mind and refuse to be a “stooge or puppet” if elected, positioning herself as an independent-minded moderate.
• Federal senator Jonno Duniam urged Tasmanian MPs to consider voter backlash before sending the state to an early poll.