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TAS:Cross balance-of-power MPs give premier deadline

Independent crossbench MPs and the Greens have threatened Tasmania's minority Liberal premier with further action if he doesn't provide more detail about a former minister's legal fees.

Premier Jeremy Rockliff has faced sustained questioning after party colleague Madeleine Ogilvie quit her ministerial roles on May 30 following allegations she misled state parliament.

Ms Ogilvie told a parliamentary hearing in 2025 she had not been involved in any Supreme Court action in the past 18 months.

But in May, she revealed she had been a party to Supreme Court proceedings she had initiated.

The government has provided scant detail about the matter, describing it as a "complex matter", but disclosed taxpayers spent about $120,000 on Ms Ogilvie's legal fees between 2023 and 2025.

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