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Tasmania January to June 2017

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posted on 2023-05-22, 03:29 authored by Bolwell, DW, Richard EcclestonRichard Eccleston
With less than a year before the next state election due in March 2018, the Liberal government’s confidence in maintaining its large majority diminished. Although not without missteps, the government continued to appear competent and the economy continued to improve. Yet the Labor party’s renaissance was evident. Labor made a further gain in the Legislative Council, while importantly changing parliamentary leadership to a young rising star who was much more of a challenge to premier Hodgman than her predecessor. Social media campaigns using the Facebook platform became increasingly significant for several issues during the six-month period. Social media campaigns focusing on several key issues became an increasingly significant feature of Tasmanian politics over the period.

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Publication title

Australian Journal of Politics and History

Volume

63

Issue

4

Pagination

661-667

ISSN

0004-9522

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Blackwell Publ Ltd

Place of publication

108 Cowley Rd, Oxford, England, Oxon, Ox4 1Jf

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Copyright 2017 The University of Queensland and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.

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