00:00Out on his own, after a tumultuous weekend.
00:05That's me, leader of one.
00:08A Lambie without his flock, after former colleagues Miriam Beswick and Rebecca Penland split from
00:14the party.
00:15Look, we just had a different way of working, mine's probably a bit more aggressive, I wanted
00:20to really hold the government to account and I wanted a transparency where I guess they
00:26may have just wanted to be a bit softer.
00:28He says his relationship with party founder Senator Jackie Lambie is strong.
00:33Jackie's Jackie, you know, she's got a big heart, she's got a big voice, her and I have
00:38locked horns as well.
00:39It's great, you say what you want with her and it's forgotten.
00:43On the day Andrew Jenner said he wants a new deal with more freedoms, his ex-party mates
00:47signed one.
00:48The new deal basically allows the independents to vote how they want, but crucially guarantees
00:54they'll vote down no confidence motions as long as there's no corruption, malfeasance
00:58or serious misbehaviour and that they'll pass the budget.
01:02We want to see an agreement that gives business confidence, confidence to workers going forward
01:07that we've got a parliament that's workable.
01:09Tasmania's gave us this parliament, it means that we have to try and make it work.
01:12The Premier hoping Michael Ferguson's resignation as infrastructure minister will bring an end
01:17to threats of no confidence or voting down the budget.
01:20We've had enough of the disruptions, we've seen the impact of some of those, but surely
01:25we can all get round the table, put away the bravado, let's get on with the job, a bit
01:31of give, a bit of take.
01:33After a rocky few weeks, a new poll taken before Mr Ferguson's resignation and the JLN
01:38implosion gave a whiff of good news.
01:42It shows 36% of voters are supportive of the government, while Labor's support fell slightly
01:48to 27%.
01:50So Mr Rockleaf is well ahead as preferred Premier, the peak for 45% of voters, with
01:55Labor's Dean Winter way back on 30%.
01:58The curveballs come your way, but you've got to pick yourself up.
02:03Hoping for calm in the middle of a political storm.
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