00:00From being the Member for Braddon to being the Member for Braddon, shortly after retiring
00:07from Federal Parliament, Gavin Pearce is now a State MP.
00:11I believe that Braddon is the engine room of Tasmania's economy.
00:17I love it to the extent that I would do anything for it.
00:19In fact, I was retired for almost six weeks when I answered the call.
00:25His spot looks secure, but Parliament's full picture won't be known for two weeks.
00:30Counting continued today as the ten-day wait for all postal votes and the Division of Preferences
00:36continues.
00:37Jeremy Rockliffe's confident of remaining Premier.
00:40I've spoken to all potential crossbenchers.
00:44We need to get on with the job.
00:48Despite a three per cent swing towards them, the Liberals look to have kept the same number
00:52of seats and will need to find up to four partners from a mostly progressive crossbench,
00:59with Labor keeping its options open.
01:01So I have simply said, look, let's wait and see what the shape of the Parliament is like
01:06before we start talking about horse trading.
01:09I certainly want to see a government or a potential government be serious about budget repair.
01:14That means listening to the experts, listening to Treasury's advice.
01:18David Bartlett was the last Labor leader to stitch together a government with the Greens,
01:23doing so in 2010.
01:25I met with them every week.
01:26We had a protocol for dealing with issues.
01:30Back then, they were reluctant to label it a deal.
01:33There will be no deal with the Greens.
01:36We're not working on anything that could be described as an agreement or a charter.
01:41But it lasted four years.
01:44Mr Bartlett says stable government needs to be built on forming a working relationship,
01:50not deals.
01:51We have a protocol by which, over the term of the government, we can collaboratively build
01:55policy, particularly around the contentious areas like salmon, like greyhounds, like mariners,
02:02like the budget.
02:03Jeremy Rockleaf says he'll visit the Governor when the final results are in and asked to be
02:07returned as Premier.
02:09The Liberals say that as the biggest grouping in the new parliament, that should be enough.
02:14But constitutional experts are warning the ongoing instability, and a very similar set
02:20of MPs being voted back in, might prompt the Governor to play a more active role this
02:25time around.
02:27Any assurances that are provided by the crossbench will need, I suspect, to be in written form
02:33and be very clearly articulated as to the level of support that they would provide for a Rockcliffe
02:38government moving forward.
02:40The shroud of uncertainty still settling over Tasmania.
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