Australia
Labor vote tanks in Tassie
Early voting in Tasmania’s election points to the Liberals being in the box seat to rule, with the incumbent government’s vote rising and Labor’s collapsing. Saturday’s vote, triggered after minority Liberal premier Jeremy Rockliff lost a no-confidence motion in early June, is the island’s second in 16 months. All opinion polls have pointed to another hung parliament, with neither of the major parties gaining enough support to reach the 18-seat mark required for majority. Early tallies at 8pm (AEDT) with 14 per cent of the vote counted showed a 2.4 per cent swing toward the Liberals and a 3.9 per cent swing away from Labor. The ABC had called 12 seats for Labor, five for Labor and three for the Greens.
