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No clear winner from Tasmanian election as both parties turn to crossbench to negotiate minority government options (www.abc.net.au)

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Despite calling an early election to regain majority government, the Tasmanian Liberals have fallen short. But so too has Labor. Here's what will happen next.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Well,I did my bit and voted Green 1 thru 7. Alas didnt help much.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Sounds like the Greens did well:

However, it's clear the Tasmanian Greens have made significant gains this election — the party could have as many as six seats in the new parliament.

Sounds like there's also a chance they'll help form minority government, which would be pretty much the best result anyone could reasonably have expected.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I wouldn't say that, every vote for the greens pushes both parties in that direction because it lets them know that's where they need to go to win votes.

They call it a protest vote, and protest can be an effective means of long term change and signalling to the powers that be.

Protest voting does a lot more than it's given credit for.