Overview

• Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Labor leader Dean Winter opened their campaigns after Governor Barbara Baker granted a dissolution following a June 5 no-confidence vote against Rockliff
• Tasmania heads to its fourth state election in seven years on July 19 as the budget deficit forecast and cost blowouts on Bass Strait ferries spark voter concern
• The Liberal government abandoned plans to explore privatising state assets and unveiled high-profile candidates including Bridget Archer, Stephen Parry and Gavin Pearce
• Labor has pledged not to form a minority government with the Greens and is under pressure to deliver detailed policy proposals on health, housing and infrastructure
• Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff seized the campaign launch to urge voters to reject any party backing the stadium project, pointing to repeated polls showing majority opposition