[1] The Alliance was formed in December 1989 after a no-confidence motion against the sitting Labor Party government saw Liberal leader Trevor Kaine take power.

[2] However, the agreement dissolved less than two years later when the Rally was sacked from the Alliance, subsequently voting with Labor to topple the Kaine government in June 1991.

[16] Kaine said the Liberals had a "solid alliance" with the Rally, with the parties creating a draft document several months earlier in the event they took government.

[17][18] 12 days before the vote was set to take place, the no-confidence motion had the support of all Liberal and Rally MLAs, as well as ASGC MLA Dennis Stevenson and NSG MLA David Prowse, while now-independent Michael Moore and NSG MLAs Craig Duby and Carmel Maher backed Labor in opposing it (although as Speaker, Prowse did not publicly state his position).

[23][24] This was despite the parties publicly expressing their differences over policies including budget consultation, education funding, X-rated videos and the development of a casino.

[25][26] One day before the vote, Duby and Maher announced they would support the no-confidence motion, leaving the No Self Government Party and forming the Independents Group.

[48] Rally MLA Hector Kinloch still preferred a "collegiate-style" government and said his party had some "re-negotiating" to do with the Liberals, although at the one-year anniversary of its formation, the agreement was still holding together.

[49][50][51] Follett attempted to get non-Liberal MLAs to leave the Alliance and support Labor forming government, although this initially proved unsuccessful.

[52] By March 1991, it appeared the Alliance was nearing its end, as Kaine stated he expected the Rally and the Independents Group to leave the government after the budget was released.

[56] The Australian Democrats, who did not have any seats in the Assembly at the time, announced that they would not enter into a coalition government with the Liberals if they were successful in gaining representation at the next election.

[65][66] One day before the vote, Kaine said Rally president David Read had called him to offer a proposal that would see Collaery become chief minister and Liberal MLAs serve in minor riles.