18-07-2025
Tasmania Decides: How to watch Sky News Australia's live Tasmanian state election coverage as votes roll in
Tasmanians are heading to the polls on Saturday to decide on the state's next government as Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Opposition Leader Dean Winter battle it out for the state's top job.
Stream live coverage of election day from 6pm AEST at or download the Sky News Australia app
The snap election comes just sixteen months after Tasmanians last cast their votes, with this election marking the fourth in seven years for the state.
It has been a tumultuous few months in Tasmanian politics after the Labor Leader successfully moved a no-confidence motion in the Liberal Premier.
'This is not an election that Tasmanians would have expected, but it comes at a crucial time for the state," Sky News Chief Anchor Kieran Gilbert said.
Craig Herbert, Editor of the Mercury said: "It's the election nobody wanted, yet here we are, in the middle of a Tasmanian campaign so soon after the polls returned a Liberal minority government to power in March last year.
Sky News' comprehensive coverage and analysis of the Tasmania Decides will continue on Sunday Agenda on Sunday morning from 8am. Who will feature in Sky News' election coverage?
From 6pm, Sky News Chief Anchor Kieran Gilbert will be live with his 2025 Tasmanian election panel - including Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell, Sky News Chief Election Analyst Tom Connell, AM Agenda host Laura Jayes.
Tasmanian Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care and former Tasmanian Labor Leader Rebecca White, Tasmania Liberal Senator and Shadow Environment Minister Jonathon Duniam and Sky News Political Commentator and former Labor Cabinet Minister Graham Richardson will also be joining the panel. Why is there a snap election?
The Tasmanian parliament passed a no-confidence motion against Premier Rockliff last month, with the deciding vote being cast by speaker of the house Michelle O'Byrne.
The Premier described the events as a 'sad day' yet accepted the Parliament's decision.
Tasmanian Governor Babara Baker then granted Mr Rockliff's request for an early election on June 11 following the no-confidence vote, and a snap election date was set.
Premier Rockliff issued a statement on social media at the time to announce the election had been called for, and that it was one that his party was "going to fight for in the name of common decency".
Tasmanians last went to the polls in March 2024, when Mr Rockliff was voted in as the new Premier over incumbent Rebecca White.
Labor claimed that seven members of the caucus had lobbied for a change in leadership within the Tasmanian Liberal Party.
Mr Rockliff previously denied there was any threat to his leadership.
