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To the Tasmanian election now, which has delivered another hung parliament, and both the Labor and Liberal parties facing a negotiation period to form government.
A roughly 3% swing to the Liberals secured them 14 seats to Labor’s nine – the worst-ever result in Tasmania for the Labor party, at just 26% of the primary vote.
Labor leader Dean Winter said:
The result of this election is that the Liberals will have the most seats, but it is uncertain as to how they will achieve a majority. Another election is not an option, which means we need to figure this out.
The Greens have retained at least five seats while there are three independents, with counting potentially extending for weeks to determine four undecided seats. Rockliff would need to work with left-leaning independents on the crossbench to govern.
Independents Kristie Johnston and Craig Garland, who both voted for the June no-confidence motion against Rockliff that triggered the election, have been returned.
Johnston urged the next premier to be more collaborative and said she wouldn’t enter into a formal deal for confidence and supply with either major party. She told AAP:
They need to negotiate and respect the views of parliament.
Anti-salmon activist and independent Peter George has been elected after a strong campaign at the federal election.
Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff has called on Winter to “have a conversation” about forming an alliance with her party. However, Winter has repeatedly ruled out doing a deal with the Greens and on Saturday night also said he wouldn’t “be trading away any of Labor’s policies or our values”.
– AAP
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Man missing after fishing on NSW south coast
A sweeping search is under way for a fisherman missing on the New South Wales south coast.
Emergency services were called to Batemans Bay Marina about 8pm on Saturday after a fisherman failed to return from a day’s fishing trip, NSW police said in a statement on Sunday morning.
The 56-year-old man had left the marina about 6am in an 8m Arvor cruiser, and was spoken to again at about 10am, police said. But emergency services were alerted about 7.20pm when he failed to return.
Marine Area Command launched a search operation which continued throughout the night, involving vessels from Marine Area Command, Marine Rescue NSW, as well as a fixed wing aircraft and helicopter. Neither the man nor the boat were found.
The search continues with additional assistance from Surf Life Saving NSW.
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Updated at 18.49 EDT
Good morning
Good morning folks. My name is Stephanie Convery and I’ll be bringing you all the live news and updates you could need on this Sunday 20 July.
We’re going to start in Tasmania, where yesterday’s state election has resulted in another hung parliament. Liberal leader and incumbent premier Jeremy Rockliff declared victory on Saturday night after his party secured 14 seats to Labor’s nine, but both are short of the 18 required for majority.
Rockliff said he would ask the governor to recommission his government. However, Labor leader Dean Winter didn’t concede defeat and appeared to leave the door open to governing, if the Liberals couldn’t make it work.
More on that story shortly.
It’s been a frosty and cold start to the day in many parts of Australia but hopefully some news – and a nice big mug of coffee – will start to warm you up. Let’s get stuck in.
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