Both major parties failed to present a genuine alternative to the worsening housing, healthcare and ecological destruction crises. Tasmanians saw through the political spin and with neither party achieving a majority, it’s clear they have said, again they want real solutions not hollow promises.

Both major parties remain tethered to market logic and privatisation as the “answers” to systemic problems. But any reform which does not address the structural conditions is doomed to fail.

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Now, there are more than 8200 on the social housing wait list; the average wait time is of 82 weeks. The state fell far short of its own construction targets, delivering just 706 homes from a goal of 1306 in the last quarter. Rent has surged by more than 40% since 2020, leaving 76.8% of people experiencing rental stress. This places Tasmanian as being among........

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