ALP-Greens still tight in Tasmania

TASMANIAN Labor premier Lara Giddings says the power-sharing deal in her state has worked because the Greens have been saddled with responsibility.

Ms Giddings says the inclusion of two Greens in cabinet has required them to be more than a "party of protest", as Prime Minister Julia Gillard described them on Wednesday.

The PM was reacting to Australian Greens leader Christine Milne symbolically severing ties with the federal government.

Ms Giddings said the 25-member Tasmanian lower house, which includes 10 Labor members and five Greens who have shared power since 2010, could not be compared to the arrangement negotiated by Ms Gillard.

"They hold the responsibility and power of government," Ms Giddings told the National Press Club in Canberra.

"They have to conduct themselves appropriately and responsibly as cabinet ministers."

Ms Giddings conceded the ALP faced a tough battle in September's federal election.

Two of Labor's Tasmanian seats are considered vulnerable but the premier said a Liberal government would rip a carbon windfall and GST revenue out of the beleaguered state budget.

"If we can articulate those threats that are very real about (Opposition Leader) Tony Abbott then I would be confident Tasmania will remain a Labor state," Ms Giddings said.

In Tasmania, Greens leader Nick McKim holds key portfolios including education and corrections, while Cassy O'Connor is human services minister.

Tasmania's Liberal opposition said the Labor-Green government had been an economic disaster that had cost the state more than 8000 jobs.

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