Jeremy Rockliff

Premier of Tasmania



5 June 2018

Michael Ferguson, Leader of the House

White fights for survival as Labor’s state conference cancelled

Opposition leader Rebecca White has cancelled Labor’s state conference in a desperate bid to out-last and out-survive leadership aspirant David O’Byrne.

Ms White is doing whatever it takes to delay or stop the release of Labor’s damning review of her failed 2018 election bid, which was due to be revealed at the state conference in the first week of July.

It is clear that whatever has come out of the past month’s secret interviews of Labor members involved in the disastrous election is not good news for Ms White.

Delaying the state conference for two months is just the latest in the incredible case of the Missing Ms White, who has increasingly been missing in action for days on end.

Ms White led Labor to its third worst election result ever, she failed to win the recent Prosser election and a recent EMRS poll showed her honeymoon period is well and truly over.

It is little wonder that Ms White hasn’t hit the hustings in the Braddon by-election.

Ms White’s lack of accountability speaks volumes about her shortcomings as a leader, which Mr O’Byrne can smell from a mile away.



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