Ian Hanke is a long-time Liberal party strategist and he's spent a good part of the last year flying in and out of Hobart to help the Liberals with their re-election strategy. And he joins AM from Melbourne.

The former Labor premier Lara Giddings estimates that the Liberals outspent Labor 5 to 1 in an election she says has been bought by donations from the gaming industry. Labor went to the polls with a promise to ban poker machines from pubs and clubs by 2023.

Terry Aulich, former Labor MP in Tasmania and former Labor senator for nine years joins AM from Hobart.

The Apple Isle was the birth-place of the Greens in Australia but the party has had a woeful result, currently it's on track to win just one seat.

To discuss the federal implications and lessons, Liberal Senator Eric Abetz and Labor Senator Lisa Singh join AM.

Let's leave aside the political spin for a moment, and ask political analyst Kevin Bonham what drove Tasmanian voters to re-elect the Liberal government.

On today's show: Australia's new Deputy Prime Minister says politicians need to stop talking about themselves; Holden to recall cars with defective Takata airbags; And Queensland's Government says it'll still run trains for the Commonwealth Games despite them failing to comply with disability access standards.

Medicinal cannabis advocates urge all states and territories to follow New South Wales's lead and remove barriers to accessing the medication.

Michael McCormack, the new Deputy Prime Minister says it's time for the National Party to stop talking about itself.

Holden is the latest car manufacturer to announce hundreds of thousands of their cars have been fitted with the potentially lethal Takata airbags.