Seat estimate for these primaries unchanged from election (14-10-5-3-3-0)
Better Premier Rockliff leads Winter 40-32 (lead up 5) but new leaders usually underperform on this score
ELECTORAL, POLLING AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS, COMMENT AND NEWS FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CLARK. YES THE LORD'S PRAYER SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT, IF YOU WANT A RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE AT THE START OF EVERY SITTING DAY HAVE ONE TO THE CLUE FAIRY INSTEAD.
UPDATE: Following this article - and I have been told this article had some influence - the House on 14 May suspended Standing Orders 358 and 359 for the current Session, replacing them with this:
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One thing that I have noticed in Tasmania's parliamentary debates that I find strange is that suspending standing orders without notice requires a two-thirds majority. In the Standing and Sessional Orders from the previous term this appears as item 358:
"358 Standing Orders not suspended without Notice.
In cases of urgent necessity any Standing Order or Orders of the House, except Standing Order No. 94, may be suspended on a Motion duly made without Notice, provided that such Motion has the concurrence of a two-thirds majority of the Members present.
359 Motion for suspension carried by majority.
When a Motion for the suspension of any Standing Order or Orders appears on the Notice Paper, such Motion may be carried by a majority of the Members present."
(Standing Order 94, for anyone wondering, is the procedure for rescinding previous votes, which requires three days notice and, if the decision is less than a year old, support of an absolute majority).
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Final Wrapup And The Road Ahead
It's all over bar a trivial number of votes to be added in the next week and these are the party standings in the new Legislative Council with the seat changes compared to the start of the year: