The Tasmanian Greens believe they only need to win a few hundred more votes in Bass than at the 2018 state election to win a seat from Labor and stop the Liberals from claiming four seats.
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Jennifer Houston won the fifth seat by 801 votes ahead of the Greens three years ago after the distribution of preferences, but internal polling has supposedly given the Greens confidence of getting closer this time around.
Federal Greens leader Adam Bandt visited Launceston on Wednesday, where he said Labor could struggle to keep their two seats in Bass, which could open up a contest between the Greens and Liberals for the fifth seat.
"My sense from being here is that we're the only ones who will demand that the big corporations pay their fair share of tax so that we can fund health and housing," he said.
"The question for voters here in Bass is whether to give the Liberals a near clean sweep, or whether to elect the Greens."
The Liberal party has repeatedly harked back to the Labor-Greens alliance of 2010 to 2014 in an attempt to wedge Labor on various policy positions, while Labor regularly attacks the Greens to distance themselves in the eyes of Tasmanian voters.
Greens Bass candidate and social worker Jack Davenport said voters were sick of the bickering between the two major parties, and he believed Labor and the Liberals were more closely aligned than Labor and the Greens.
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"They're fatigued over this constant squabbling, sharing that same ground over corporations and pokies, and not really coming up with new solutions," he said.
"I think it's convenient for the Liberals to put (Labor and the Greens) in the same bracket, but actually voters aren't doing that, they understand there is a distinction.
"When we do have those conversations, they're really positive. I don't think voters are making that connection in the way the Liberals would want them to."
Most of Labor's attacks on the Greens come from their resources spokesperson Shane Broad, who said the Greens' plan to increase mining royalties and taxes on gambling and fisheries companies would put "Tasmanian industries out of business". They have also been critical of the Greens' forestry policy.
Tasmanian Labor's deputy leader, Michelle O'Byrne, is likely to retain the Bass seat she has held since 2006.
The party has also put forward City of Launceston councillor Janie Finlay, who fell just short of picking up Rosevears as an independent in 2020, hoping her strong profile can ensure the party retains their two seats in Bass.