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Published: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 8:45pm

Labor has been swept from power in Tasmania but is clinging to life in South Australia after both states went to the polls on Saturday. Voters called an end to 16 years of Labor rule [Read more]

Published: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 8:30pm

Premier Lara Giddings a short time ago, graciously conceded defeat, saying she was sorry for Will Hodgman, that his parents Michael and Marion were not alive to see him become premier. [Read more]

Published: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 8:30pm

TASMANIANS have uttered a collective "sigh of relief'' after ousting the "failed Labor-Green experiment'' according to incoming Liberal ... [Read more]

Published: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 8:25pm

Labor leader Lara Giddings has conceded defeat in the Tasmanian election. The Liberal Party are on course to form majority government, winning at least 14 of the 25 seats in Parliament. [Read more]

Published: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 7:55pm

It’s been a long, hard slog in opposition for the Liberals, party MP Jeremy Rockliff has said. [Read more]

Published: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 6:55pm

Polling booths across the state have now closed and counting has now begun. [Read more]

Published: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 6:55pm

The state Liberals have won the state election, with 13 and possibly 14 seats in a landslide. [Read more]

Published: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 6:35pm

Tasmania has elected a Liberal Government for the first time in 16 years. Topics: states-and-territories, elections, tas [Read more]

Published: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 6:35pm

Tasmania has elected a Liberal Government for the first time in 16 years. Will Hodgman has broken the hex of being the country's longest-serving Opposition Leader, with the Liberals sweeping to power as predicted in [Read more]

Published: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 5:10pm

WELCOME to our state election night coverage. [Read more]