What a mess.

It's just as well that Tasmania is nothing more than a rather expensive pimple on the but of Oz, or their silly mucking around may have some effect on the rest of us.

Half a mo', the SA lot have made almost as much mess with their election, & we still have NSW, & VIC to go.

That pimple might become a carbuncle if these people don't smarten up, & decide what they really want. These hung parliments are a plan for disaster.

Pericles: << Couldn't resist it, CJ. >>

Er, well... that's what it looked like on Tuesday - 3 days is a long time in politics, eh? :S

It's a shame that McKim blinked, but the political problem in Tasmania certainly isn't the Greens nor the people who vote for them. It seems to be squarely with the Libs and Labor, both of whom refuse to negotiate with the Greens.

The Tasmanian parliament has the opportunity to now form a truly representative government - let's see if they're democratic and adult enough to do so.

CJ Morgan

>> The Tasmanian parliament has the opportunity to now form a truly representative government - let's see if they're democratic and adult enough to do so. <<

ROFL

This infantile "I'm not talking to the Greens, so nyah, nyah, nyah" has no indication, thus far, of evolving into anything remotely adult. Like I said at the beginning of this thread, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.

Victoria goes to the polls later this year. Given the dollars plunged into a desal plant at the expense of collecting and managing that which falls freely from the skies, the pipeline to pander to Melbourne at the expense of regional folk (can anyone see the Libs retracting these 'projects'?), if I didn't live here already I'd be buying front row seats just to watch. As it is I am afraid, very afraid.

Labor as again outsmarted the Liberals. They know full well that the Liberals will never get on with the Greens despite what we may read in the paper.Back to the polls in the next 12 months with a similar result or a Labor/Greens coalilation . There is no hope for this State.

Posted by balanced, Friday, 9 April 201 "best thing the Liberals in Tasmania can now do is sit back and watch Labor and the Greens dig holes for themselves then gently push them as the opportunity arises. It's pretty much inevitable this will happen over time, once again no matter what sort of spin Bartlett and/or McKim try to put on it"

With all due respect balanced, how many years in opposition do the Liberals need? They've had twelve years to sort out their house and guess what...they still aren't capable. Cheers