THE first test of the fledgling Labor-Green government will come in Parliament tomorrow as the momentum builds to roll back Tasmania Tomorrow.
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Education Minister Lin Thorp will present to cabinet today her plan to "significantly change" the controversial education reforms.
It will be the Greens' first chance to look at it after they campaigned loudly for a full rollback to the old college and TAFE system.
How that cabinet discussion goes will measure the strength of the Labor-Green relationship.
Liberal leader Will Hodgman has promised to keep the heat on over Tasmania Tomorrow, with more data supporting concerns about enrolments and qualifications.
He also flagged serious problems in child protection, worries about investment in industry and the rising cost of living as issues to test the resolve of the governing parties in Parliament.
Leaked data and reports about the failings of the Tasmania Tomorrow education reforms have rolled in since Parliament last sat, giving the Liberals plenty of ammunition to push their case.
"Data reveals that Tasmania has gone from being amongst the best in Australia in aspects of our vocational education and training to the bottom of the class," Mr Hodgman said.
Ms Thorp last week said she would not reveal any details before today's cabinet meeting.
Greens leader Nick McKim attracted widespread support from teachers when he spoke at Claremont College and promised to roll Tasmania Tomorrow back. He has repeatedly said the Greens stand by that policy - but has not supported the Liberals' bill to achieve it.
