TASMANIAN Labor's dirty tricks tactics in the dying days of the election campaign have not harmed the party's chances of election, says Premier David Bartlett.
Mr Bartlett said yesterday that he was proud of the campaign that Labor had run which had focused on health and hospitals.
But he took responsibility for the telephone campaign that drew such public criticism that it was pulled a few hours after it was introduced.
"I was aware that `robo' calls were a part of the tools we had in our campaign to use," he said.
"I became aware soon after those calls were being made - I suggested to the campaign team that they might have a look at that decision again. They looked at it and decided they wouldn't run it any more," he said.
He said that voters would decide at the polls tomorrow whether they approved of the Labor campaign or not.
Treasurer Michael Aird said that this style of campaigning went on all around Australia.
"Generally our job is to promote the differences in policy," Mr Aird said.
Mr Bartlett denied that he had focused heavily on Greens leader Nick McKim and his party in the lead-up to the election.
"I get asked a lot of questions about Nick McKim that I'm happy to answer," he said.
But he reiterated that the Greens had not been subject to the same scrutiny as he and Labor on their policies and promises.
"I don't understand why it is that when I'm scrutinised, it's called scrutiny and when policies of the Liberals and the Greens are scrutinised, it's called dirty tricks," he said.
Mr Bartlett said that the much- criticised Labor ads accusing the Greens of wanting to legalise heroin used quotes from Denison Greens MHA Cassy O'Connor made in Parliament during a debate.
He avoided answering whether the heroin claim could be found in any Greens election policies.
"If I had made comments in Parliament like those or my deputy had made comments, it would be front page news right across Australia," he said.
Mr Bartlett also refused to discuss a national newspaper article about Tasmanian union assistant secretary and former political candidate Kevin Harkins which prompted the state ALP this week to make a complaint to police and consider legal action against the newspaper.
"I haven't read the newspaper reports - I've got no comment to make because I don't have any facts about it," he said.