‘The Premier called me weak’: heated scenes inside Tasmania’s parliament amid no confidence motion

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Labor Leader Dean Winter tabled a no-confidence motion in Premier Jeremy Rockliff on June 3, 2025, citing growing debt and the plan to cut jobs and state assets.

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00:00I understand that members of the crossbench also take their responsibility seriously and they will

00:05express that in different ways today. But having spoken to members of the crossbench over the past

00:11weeks and months and over the course of the last 24 hours, I know that all of them have taken their

00:16responsibility really seriously. They have taken… Look, the Premier says I'm too weak and he will.

00:28Weak as water. The Premier will go to the personal attacks today, just as his leader of government

00:40business did, because he's angry and upset. He's angry and upset that he's lost the confidence of

00:46this House and he wants to blame the Opposition. It is not up to the Opposition to provide supply

00:51and confidence to this Premier or any Premier. It is up to the Premier to take responsibility for his

00:56own actions, for the fact that he hasn't got the confidence of the crossbench to take responsibility

01:02for his own actions when he took Tasmania to an early election, when he promised Tasmanians that

01:08would deliver stability and confidence, when he said minority government would wreck the economy

01:13and wreck our healthcare system. Honourable Speaker, he's living up to exactly what he promised would

01:18happen under a minority government. It is his responsibility to have agreements with the crossbench.

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