Deep divisions within the Tasmanian Greens have forced a key party member to break ranks and run as an independent.

The shock move reveals a party at war with itself and highlights the shambles its planned coalition with Labor would bring to Tasmania.

Rocked by the defection, the Greens have already launched a spiteful attack on their defector in a desperate attempt to sully his reputation.

The Greens brutal political reprisals have now been unleashed.

Tasmania cannot risk the instability a Coalition of Chaos would cause.

Only a majority Rockliff Liberal Government can deliver the stability and certainty Tasmania needs.