Is anyone else watching the election coverage on the ABC? I can’t figure out who the woman wearing the bright pink blazer is but she is asking everyone really blunt questions.

Commiserations from across Bass Strait. I can’t understand how the abominable housing situation in Tasmania isn’t more front of mind for voters but I suppose if it doesn’t concern people directly then it feels like much less of a priority.

People just love Peter Gutwein. The same way they love Dan Andrews. He is known as Papi G and now has based his social media on it. And the opposition leader is pregnant. There was no way they were losing this one. Plus there’s such a pro-‘progress’ sentiment here. People are convinced that Labor/greens will mean mass job losses. Everyone is very aspirational. No one gives 2 hoots about our old environmental image anymore. Most councils are rezoning for higher density developments, our economy is really strong, our unemployment is really low compared to the mainland. Everyone wants a piece of the pie.

PuddingPlease It’s the old undeserving poor issue. No one really cares what happens to them. I was reading that median house price for Hobart is $685 000, wages are still low though.

@[deleted] , this one was fantastic for the little silky pink fish. 🤣 ‘That’s ah…quite the labia you have there. ’ Made me laugh 🙂

The leader of the Greens is giving a lovely speech, I’m usually pretty immune to this kind of thing but the way she talks about Tasmania is really moving. Nobody in Victoria talks about the native environment in that way.

Yeah, not a great result, but Gutwein did well during COVID. The LNP is now free to recreate the public service in the other state’s image, thus reducing it to contracts and job insecurity and adding to Tasmania’s woes. Best state service conditions left in the country. Soon to die. Like good traffic, low housing prices and mostly nice people.

Morrigan I don’t know that it went as well as they hoped actually. When I went to bed last night they had 12 seats, and need the final one which remained undecided but with a LNP likely. Either way the greens picked back up a seat and there was n overall swing away from the LNP. Lots of people I talked to said they didn’t appreciate only being given a month to wrap their heads around candidates, and they saw it as dodgy politicking.

I missed this thread. I watched it Saturday night. Surprisingly, my 9yo was quite into too and the 14yo stayed up to watch the speeches. Might try to take them to the tally room next time! I enjoyed the overage. I found it very entertaining watching the Labor commentator trying to put a positive spin on their less than positive results. And many of the newly elected candidates trying to dodge answering some pretty direct questions. I loved Cassy’s speech too, and Nick McKim’s response to the Liberal’s view of it. Disappointed the discussion stopped because Peter G did his speech.

Tas Election Coverage