Tasmanian Labor leader Dean Winter rules out Greens deal but reaches out to crossbenchers
Tasmania's Labor leader Dean Winter is refusing to concede defeat after Saturday's election but says he won't depend on a Greens deal and is seeking broader crossbench support. Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff will have first try at forming the next government.
Welcome to The Australian's live politics blog, Politics Now. Tasmania is in political limbo, with both major party leaders flagging they can form government after the election of another hung parliament.
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Greens co-founder piles pressure on Waters to overturn his expulsion
Greens party co-founder Drew Hutton has piled pressure on federal leader Larissa Waters to overturn his expulsion from the party, saying she alone has the power to help him.
PM tells Labor caucus party can grow majority, outlines policy priorities
Anthony Albanese has addressed Labor’s caucus ahead of the first sitting of parliament since the election, telling MP’s there was ‘no reason’ the party couldn’t expand its huge majority, while delivering key policies including student debt relief, childcare reform and penalty rates protection.
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