 The formation of the Labor–Green alliance resulted in one of the biggest scandals in Tasmanian political history.Launceston businessman Edmund Rouse was the managing director of ENT Limited, Tasmania's largest media company.Returning to Tasmania from an overseas trip shortly after the election, Rouse was dismayed to find the Greens in a position of power in government, and was determined to take on what he saw as a grave threat to the Tasmanian and Australian economies.