We no longer have a strong, stable, majority Liberal Government, but instead a weak, unstable, minority Liberal Government held together by two crossbenchers whose support seems tenuous at best.
The resignation of two Liberal members has thrown the government into disarray, all because Jeremy Rockliff has the wrong priorities.
Now Jeremy Rockliff has scrambled together a patchwork deal to appease his two defectors.
This deal will be a recipe for instability.
The Premier has not only handballed his signature project, the proposed Hobart stadium, to the crossbench, but also the Government's entire legislative agenda.
The two new independents have backflipped on their positions on supply and confidence all week, and we have no confidence this new deal will actually last.
Jeremy Rockliff now has to test the fragile deal he has made with the two ex-Liberal MPs and test confidence at the earliest possible opportunity.
If he does not then Labor will, because if a majority Liberal Government couldn't get the basics right for 10 years, a Liberal minority government never will.
Dean Winter MP
Shadow Leader of Opposition Business
