PUP in Tasmania
It should be difficult to imagine a more propitious time for the Tasmanian Liberal Party. With an election due next March the coalition Labor-Green government is deeply unpopular. The polls are showing it as a no-contest. Almost daily there are public calls from within the Labor parliamentary ranks for an end to the alliance. That rare thing in the island state — a majority Liberal government — looks a certainty but for one thing — the Palmer United Party.
Tasmania’s multi-member electorates provide the PUP with a great opportunity to build on the success of its recent federal Senate campaign which saw it win a seat in the state. Should the big fellow Clive find a few more millions to spend on a campaign his party might once again become the holder of a balance-of-power.
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