Labor needed six more seats to win back government on Saturday and only picked up three, but White said true believers could hold their heads up high. “We have been the only party in this election campaign that has won seats in the parliament, every other party has lost seats this election campaign,” she told reporters in New Norfolk on Sunday. “I know, and the Labor party knows, that our decision to take this issue to this election was the right thing to do for the health of our communities and for the economy of Tasmania,” White said. Pressed on whether pokies had cost Labor the election, White said her team had come up against the biggest spending campaign in Tasmanian history, but would not be frightened into backing down. “I think it’s a little bit too early to start the post mortem,” White said.

Source: The Guardian March 04, 2018 05:37 UTC