Jacqui Lambie is emerging as Tasmania’s next political kingmaker as polling ahead of the March 23 state election shows disenchanted voters are walking away from major parties, with Liberal and Labor at long odds of forming a majority on their own.
The Tasmanian Liberals have slipped 16 points in primary voting intentions to 33 per cent, according to Redbridge polling, which showed Labor on 29 per cent, the Greens on 14 per cent and the Jacqui Lambie Network on track to secure at least one-in-every 10 votes in its first state election campaign.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
