A week into Tasmania’s mid winter election campaign, precipitated by a successful ‘no confidence’ in the Premier Jeremy Rockliff moved by the ALP and supported by the Greens and most independents in the State’s 35 member lower house, and one can only say, its depressing.
Labor’s leader Dean Winter and Premier Jeremy Rockliff are simply exemplars of what we have in Australia today – political leaders who are devoid of a big picture vision.
The election campaign is depressing in that Tasmania is in a worst financial position than any other state in Australia but neither the Liberals or Labor appear to care. On the contrary they are the big spenders.
Then there is the fact that a sports stadium is front and centre of the campaign. Forget the homelessness crisis, the appalling low rates of literacy, the worst health outcomes in the nation etc.