PREMIER Lara Giddings says a vote for Labor at the federal election will help fight for Tasmania's future.
"It is the Labor party that has delivered Disability Care Australia, Better Schools and the National Broadband Network," she said.
"The Liberal Party has nothing to offer but slogans and a threat to our GST."
Labor holds four of Tasmania's five seats, with high-profile independent Andrew Wilkie expected to retain the other, Denison.
The two northern seats of Bass and Braddon are likely to be Tasmania's battleground for the September 7 election.
Both are held by Labor but polling suggests they are vulnerable.
It is a well accepted maxim that Tasmanians will vote on local issues and Labor, which has been in power at state level since 1998, is on the nose.
Their current state government partnership with the Greens is blamed by some for the downsizing of the forestry sector, the closure of manufacturing plants and environmental battles over mining in the Tarkine.
Tasmania has Australia's highest unemployment rate - at 8.1 per cent - and that will be the key issue.
Ms Giddings will continue arguing a Tony Abbott government will change the GST distribution formula and rip $600-$700 million out of the state each year, a claim the coalition has dismissed as a scare tactic.
Mr Wilkie may not be in the kingmaking position he held in the hung parliament, which helped him attract hundreds of millions of dollars to his electorate.
But polling strongly suggests he will be returned to a seat Labor held for 23 years before 2010.
"The election in Denison will come down to character, independence and results," Mr Wilkie said.
"By these criteria I believe I've served Denison well for the past three years and am up to the job for three more."
Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson, who replaced former leader Bob Brown, is considered likely to retain his seat.
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