Tonight, Her Excellency has accepted my recommendation to dissolve the House of Assembly.
An election will be held on Saturday, 19 July 2025.
Before visiting the Governor, I convened a meeting of the Parliamentary Liberal Party where I, once again, received unanimous support to continue to lead the Liberal Party.
Another election is not what I wanted, and I know that it's not what Tasmanians wanted.
But it was forced upon us by the Leader of the Opposition.
So, let's get on with it.
Our team is building a better Tasmania.
We are building a better health care system, better schools and roads and keeping Tasmanians safe.
Our economy is strong, unemployment low, and our businesses are the most confident in the nation.
Tasmania needs a strong majority Liberal government for certainty and stability so we can keep delivering our plan.
Tasmania cannot afford the risk of going back to the bad old days of a Labor-Green Government.
We cannot afford an inexperienced and desperate Dean Winter who will keep misleading Tasmanians about privatisation.
We have ruled out privatisation.
There will be no sale of any government-owned business.
Not one.
And every time Mr Winter repeats this claim, it shows why he cannot be trusted.
Let's get on with the job together of building a better Tasmania.
