As expected, Jeremy Rockliff survived a no confidence motion. So what was the point?

Governments under pressure do things they’ve never considered before. 

That’s been pretty clearly illustrated in Tasmania over the past two weeks.

Following the defection of two Liberal MPs — plunging Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s government into minority — things have changed quickly. 

The planning process the contentious Hobart AFL stadium was set to be assessed under was changed, with Mr Rockliff declaring the $715 million project would be treated as a Project of State Significance — a process that would give parliamentarians at least one vote on whether it should go ahead.