Media release – Josh Willie MP, Labor Member for Clark, 24 April 2024
If it looks like a deal and sounds like a deal, it’s a deal
Earlier this month, Kristie Johnston told media “I don’t do deals, my vote is not for sale”.
Today, she changed her tune – releasing a list of requests she put forward before giving her commitment to provide confidence and supply to prop up Jeremy Rockliff’s minority government.
If it looks like a deal and sounds like a deal, it’s a deal.
But it appears that instead of asking for outcomes for the electorate, Ms Johnston’s requests were for among other things: more staff just for herself, meeting rooms, new offices in parliament and the electorate, and a carpark.
Labor respects the parliament that Tasmanians elected.
Now both Ms Johnston and Mr O’Byrne have indicated their support for a Liberal government, it will be interesting to see how long it lasts if the Rockliff Liberal Government fails to perform or uphold its commitments.
