Tasmania's premier has admitted dropping the ball over a court costs saga involving a former minister, comparing the matter to a "pile of crap" that landed on his desk.
Jeremy Rockliff has faced intense questioning over several weeks about what he knew about taxpayer money provided to ex-minister Madeleine Ogilvie in relation to a legal matter.
Ms Ogilvie told a parliamentary committee in November she was not a subject to any legal proceedings, but revealed in late May she had initiated Supreme Court action.
