TasInsure: A Lesson for Liberals in Managing Promises
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It happened on Fri 15 May 2026 at 5:30am.
Jeremy Rockliff was at the TasInsure policy launch in July 2025.
Expectations do not always match reality. This is true for TasInsure.
The Tasmanian government has a plan for the state-owned insurance company.
The company will not offer home and contents insurance or small business insurance.
It will not even be an insurance company.
The government will create a new body to oversee the insurance ecosystem.
It will be a not-for-profit authority with a broad mandate.
The focus will be on advisory services and supporting hard-to-insure activities.
This is different from what was promised.
There is no mention of the $250-a-year annual saving for households.
A shopfront was furnished with TasInsure branding during the policy launch.
Mr Rockliff says this will deliver better outcomes than a state-owned insurance company.
The government's insurance expert found that the original model would be disruptive and have high risk.
Perhaps it's good that the government has changed its plans.
It's not what the government said it would do.
TasInsure items were used in the policy launch.
Broken promises can have negative consequences.
There has been a lot of talk about broken promises this week.
The federal government has made changes to housing investor tax perks.
This is despite promises not to do so during the election campaign.
The budget reply marks the start of the campaign for the next election.
Breaking an election commitment can be a difficult decision.
The government has decided to go ahead with the changes.
The Shadow Treasurer has criticized the government for breaking its promise.
Tasmanian state Liberal MPs have also commented on the issue.
The prime minister has been reminded of his past promises.
The greyhound racing industry is fighting for its livelihoods.
The Tasmanian Liberals have been criticizing Labor's federal budget.
The premier's promise to spend $375 million on the Hobart stadium is in doubt.
Breaking promises is not unique to this situation.
It's about how the promise is presented.
Former Liberal minister Christopher Pyne has reflected on the 2014 budget.
Mr Pyne says the Australian voter is not stupid, but full of common sense.
The 2014 budget delivered new taxes and levies despite promises to the contrary.
Mr Pyne says his government's mistake was not to own up to the changes.
The Australian voter is not stupid and can see through mistakes.
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff was at the TasInsure policy launch.
Labor says TasInsure was doomed from the start.
The government says it's fulfilling its commitment, but in a different way.
Will anyone mind if the government doesn't start TasInsure?
Former Labor leader Dean Winter says the premier has committed 'insurance fraud'.
Mr Winter may feel that Mr Rockliff won the election with an illegitimate promise.
There's a parallel with TassieDocs, Labor's plan for state-owned GP clinics.
The Liberals will give grants to private health operators instead.
The value of an election promise comes from keeping it and making it thoughtfully.
If the Liberals didn't check if TasInsure could be delivered, why was it promised?
It looks like cynical politics at its worst.
If we're mourning the demise of election commitments, there's blame to go around.
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