Adam Langenberg is a reporter with ABC Hobart. Before joining the ABC he worked in Canada covering the country's telecommunications sector, as a political reporter for The Advertiser in Adelaide, and for The Advocate Newspaper in Burnie and Hobart. Follow him on Twitter @adamlangenberg
When the Tasmanian parliament resumes to determine who should govern the state, it will be reminiscent of the first day of parliament in 1989. But where the similarities will end remains to be seen.
The Tasmanian Labor leader says his conversations with crossbench MPs have been "mostly really positive", including at a meeting on Tuesday that he claimed the Greens chose not to attend.
Like in the AFL, Tasmanian politics is in its own trade week — and at the moment, the protracted negotiations are between Labor and the Greens.
Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff announces the party cannot back Tasmanian Labor's bid to form minority government "at this stage" — with Labor's Dean Winter warning of job cuts under the "Abetz, Rockliff" Liberals.
From logging backflips and racing cuts to a surprise treasurer nomination, the major Tasmanian parties have made their first moves ahead of next week's pivotal no-confidence vote.
A no-confidence motion, an election and now another no-confidence motion. It's all been happening in Tasmanian politics, now what happens next?
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Eric Abetz takes over as treasurer, while Bridget Archer is given the health portfolio, as Jeremy Rockliff reveals his cabinet picks for Tasmania's next government.
Tasmanian politics remains extremely turbulent as Labor leader Dean Winter fights to convince the crossbench to support a fresh no-confidence motion.
The results of the Tasmanian election have been finalised after a two week count, but who will form government is still not clear
Two weeks after polling day, vote counting will today decide the final make-up of the Tasmanian parliament — with Labor still very much a chance at snatching power from the Liberals.
With independent Craig Garland saying he won't support the Liberals, who are hoping to hold on to minority government, the party's path to power has narrowed.
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party candidate Carlo Di Falco will join the crossbench in Tasmania's new parliament.
If Tasmanian Labor leader Dean Winter was hoping for an endorsement from voters, the recent election could hardly have gone worse — now, it is looking increasingly difficult for him to find a way forward without the Greens' help.
The Liberal Party will have the most seats in a hung parliament, while the Labor vote has gone backwards in an early election instigated by its no-confidence motion in the premier.
Tasmanians are preparing to head to the polls for their second state election in 16 months.
All published polls indicate a hung parliament is the most likely result of Saturday's Tasmanian state election — who are the potential crossbenchers and what do they want?
The Liberals have claimed Unions Tasmania secretary and Labor candidate Jess Munday is ineligible to be elected because of her position on the WorkCover Tasmania board. But Labor has released its own legal advice, prepared by a former solicitor-general, who found Ms Munday would not be ineligible.
Former federal Liberal MP Bridget Archer once said a Hobart AFL stadium was "unnecessary". Now she says she supports the project, just days after seeking Liberal preselection for a possible state election.
The political situation in Tasmania remains unclear after the parliament passed a motion of no confidence in the Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff yesterday.
After the passing of a no confidence motion in him, the Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff will now visit the state's Lieutenant -Governor to request an election be called.
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff may have just been forced out of the top job, but the man who brought him down will have plenty to answer for, writes Adam Langenberg.
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he plans to call a state election as early as next Tuesday, after losing a no-confidence motion by a single vote.
Premier Jeremy Rockliff will remain in Tasmania's top job for at least one more night, after a majority of MPs voted to continue debating a no-confidence motion in his leadership on Thursday.
The Tasmanian Industrial Commission has determined a $30,000 increase to the base salary of state politicians, which will take effect from July — unless MPs vote against it.
A month ago Labor said it wouldn't support a motion of no confidence in Premier Jeremy Rockliff moved by the Greens. But now, leader Dean Winter says things have changed, and changed drastically.