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A week into the election campaign, the Tasmanian Liberal Party is already a man down Posted Yesterday at 8:27pm WedWednesday 31 updated 5 AprApril 2021 at 6:24am Last Friday, Liberal leader Peter Gutwein and his deputy Jeremy Rockliff announced the state would go to an early election. ( Share Print text only Cancel Tasmanian Liberal leader Peter Gutwein smiled last year when asked whether he was grooming any potential Liberal candidates for the next state election. "You'd be surprised at the number of people who have been in touch with me," he said, fresh from snagging popular newsreader J...

**Check against delivery** Madam Speaker, In January last year I was honoured to receive the support of my colleagues to become the State’s 46th Premier and shortly after that, around 12 months to the day, coronavirus found its way to the Australian mainland and unfortunately to our shores as well. We were faced with the probability of a significant health crisis if action wasn’t taken swiftly to protect our community, that action meant limiting people’s movements and closing businesses where people congregated, and sadly the impact on our economy was severe. We banned cruise ships, clo...