Tasmania's political limbo will come to a head as the premier seeks to have his government recommissioned within days, but the opposition leader isn't going down without a fight.
Premier Jeremy Rockliff revealed on Tuesday he would approach the state's governor within 48 hours to be reappointed following a snap election in July that did not deliver any party a clear majority.
Negotiations with the cross bench to form another minority government have intensified as Mr Rockliff and Tasmanian Labor Leader Dean Winter attempt to secure the 18 parliamentary votes needed to govern.
The premier revealed he would attempt to stay in power even if he could not secure confidence and supply agreements from crossbenchers.
"I would welcome more formal agreements with confidence and supply should individual members wish to do so," Mr Rockliff told reporters on Tuesday.
"My understanding is that it is not necessary in terms of being recommissioned in a minority government."
Mr Winter said while Mr Rockliff had the first opportunity to form government, it was not the only opportunity.
He vowed to step up meetings with crossbenchers because a government without supply and confidence agreements would lead to instability, highlighting intentions for formal talks with independents in coming days.
Mr Winter continued to rule out doing a deal with the Greens and said he wasn't seeking to meet with them.
"We want to work with independents in particular who have said they want change," he said.
"They want a new government, they want a government that can deliver stability and confidence to Tasmanians."
The final makeup of Tasmania's parliament is 14 Liberals, 10 Labor, five Greens, one Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP and five independents.
Many crossbenchers are remaining tight-lipped on who they would support including Shooters, Fishers, Farmers MP Carlo Di Falco, who has placed gun law changes on the political agenda.
He nominated "gun laws fit for purpose" among his priorities in parliament but insisted the issue hadn't come up in negotiations with Mr Rockliff or Mr Winter, suggesting his party's name made it obvious that was a core policy.
Mr Di Falco believes the federal Howard government acted too quickly on gun control after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.
"There are anti-firearm zealots out there and I think it's morally reprehensible that 30 years after a tragedy that you know, that traumatised everybody, that they're still trying to milk that tragedy for all it's worth," he told AAP.
"My view is just let ... the victims of Port Arthur rest in peace and it's not serving anybody's purposes to just keep regurgitating the same fearmongering that was happening in 1996."
His comments drew criticism from Stephen Bendle from the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, an anti-violence charity set up by Walter Mikac after his two daughters were killed in the shooting.
Mr Bendle, the charity's advocacy advisor, accused Mr Di Falco of being disrespectful and said the majority of Australians felt the nation's gun laws were "about right" or could be tighter.
"It is hard to speak to anyone in Tasmania, let alone the rest of Australia that hasn't felt the impact of that tragedy," he said.
"The fact that our strong gun laws have been largely responsible for the fact that it hasn't been repeated might be uncomfortable for Mr Di Falco and his supporters."
Elected members have been confirmed after Labor's Jess Greene and independent George Razay claimed the final seats in the division of Bass on Saturday.
The July 19 election was triggered after Mr Rockliff lost a no-confidence motion, prompting the state's second election in 16 months.
A key sticking point in negotiations to form government is the major parties backing a new $1 billion stadium in Hobart, which the Greens and some independents oppose.
