Labor fulfilled ‘bread and butter' policies which lead to Tasmania victory
'Tasmanians want political parties that genuinely concentrate on those issues which are bread and butter political issues,' Mr Davies told Sky News Australia.
'They totally did that this time.
'For the first time in a long time, Tasmania had a set of really really quality candidates that were reflective of exactly what their electorates want, need, and resonate with Labor Party voters.
'Labor really, really put together a package of both issues and personalities which worked incredibly well.'
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