Sue Neales Mercury Comment

A SEISMIC shift of tectonic proportions rocked Tasmania on Monday. The changes wrought on all three Tasmanian political parties — and on the political and public service machinery behind the Government — by Paul Lennon’s decision to quit as premier and leave politics are monumental. Mr Lennon spent 18 years in State Parliament and for the past four years was one of the state’s most divisive premiers. Read more here