Not sure if the Premier had any luck in the race that stopped a nation, but she reckoned she was on to a couple of winners this week when it comes to the race to the polls in March.

Late last Friday the pulp mill was put on the market, stirring up the familiar arguments for and against the divisive project.

Farmers with trees on their land once destined to feed the mill and many businesses are clinging to the glimmer of hope the sale process offers.

On the other side of the fiery debate, environmentalists say the project is toxic, will never get a social licence and is dead and buried.

Championing the pulp mill is an easy way for Labor to stick it to the Greens. It's a well-timed issue allowing Labor to express a polar opposite view to its minority government partners. How convenient.

Premier Lara Giddings went so far as confidently naming the controversial project as part of her vision for the state in 2030 in a speech to industry leaders a day before Gunns receivers put it on the market.

She will have her fingers crossed it goes smoothly. From her point of view, if a buyer could be found turning the pulp mill into a realistic possibility, rather than a pipe dream just before the election, that would be a huge bonus.

It would be the desperately needed clear signal to the electorate that Labor had not been hamstrung by the Greens.

But it's not without risk. Staking too much on this happening, could expose the party to disaster. Receivers KordaMentha say they have had plenty of interest in the failed timber company's assets, but there's no guarantee a serious bidder will emerge.

Labor can't afford a repeat of the last-minute withdrawal of Richard Chandler, the so-called white knight". After showing strong interest in investing millions in the project, he was gone overnight, only reinforcing the Liberals mantra that a minority government has put away the open for business sign.

So that takes care of the Greens. What about the "real enemy" as the Premier sees it, the State Opposition?

In this case, Labor has put its money on the NBN. It has thankfully replaced that other three-letter acronym, GST, that Labor determinedly tried to scare voters about in the lead up to the Federal election, with little success.

Unlike the GST, the fibre-to-the- premises roll out in Tasmania, as opposed to the Coalition's fibre-to- the-node plan is genuinely under a cloud.

Labor knows Tasmanians want the NBN completed as promised and with the new Coalition Federal government being less than clear about the future of the roll out, it puts the State Liberals in a tricky position.

The state government got particularly good mileage out of it this week, announcing plans to put a proposal to salvage the problem plagued roll-out using Aurora power poles, winning praise for being proactive.

While the opposition is right to point out the obvious drawbacks with the aerial scheme and the lack of details, the unanswered question remains what is their position?Despite backing these two winners, Labor remains a long way behind the Liberals, which has put all its money on being the only party to form majority government and is still the clear favourite in the voters' minds.