Election rejection: Tasmanian activists launch inquiry into 2018 result

Activists say inquiry, which will mimic a royal commission, will be held due to fear ‘democracy has been sold’

A March election would usually be a distant memory by August. But not so in Tasmania, where anger over the 2018 campaign remains white-hot.

A group of community activists will tap into that sentiment on Wednesday, launching a novel concept in a state with the weakest political donations laws in the country – fed up over a lack of political transparency, the group will hold its own inquiry into the 2018 state election.

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