Tasmania's deputy premier Michael Ferguson facing backbench demotion from rare no-confidence motion
ABCBarring a huge surprise, Tasmanian Deputy Premier Michael Ferguson will suffer a major humiliation on Tuesday, when a majority of lower house MPs send him to the backbench over the Spirit of Tasmania fiasco. By refusing to ask for Mr Ferguson's resignation before a no-confidence vote, Premier Jeremy Rockliff is trying to make it look like a political kill; the actions of a vindictive Labor Party trying to cause political chaos. Dr Rosalie Woodruff says Michael Ferguson has a "personal incapacity to be honest with Tasmanians about what's happening in his portfolios". 'A breathtaking lack of contrition' Another of Mr Rockliff's arguments for the motion being a stunt is that Mr Ferguson's already taken responsibility for the Spirit failures by resigning from the infrastructure portfolio.
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