The swing against Labor in Tasmania and South Australia is not an indicator for the federal election, federal Labor frontbencher Craig Emerson says.
Premier Mike Rann appears to have held onto government in South Australia by a narrow margin, following a swing of more than seven per cent against Labor in Saturday's poll.
And David Bartlett's government has suffered a larger swing of 12 per cent against it in Tasmania, where the Australian Greens could gain the balance of power.
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Dr Emerson says it's "an amazing result" for both long-term governments, particularly in Tasmania where "there were a lot of adverse circumstances".
"But I don't think we can take much out of all of that in terms of the federal vote," he told Network Ten.
Voters recognised the work Mr Rann had done, he said, noting the falling unemployment rate in the state.
"He turned the state from a rust bucket state to one of the most dynamic states in Australia."
The final results of the polls, which could be some days away, wouldn't change the federal government's plan to push ahead with hospital reform at next month's Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting, he said.
"Regardless of the political persuasion (of) the government that is formed in Tasmania, we will work very closely and very productively with them."
"Our arguments are pretty persuasive, we need health reform."
