In May 2024, the top exports of Australia were Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (AUD5.61B), Road vehicles (including air-cushion), Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, General industrial machinery and equipment, and Telecommunications and sound-recording and reproducing apparatus.

In May 2024 the top imports of Australia were Metalliferous ores and metal scrap, Coal, coke and briquettes, Gas, natural and manufactured, Meat and meat preparations, and Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials.

Tasmania’s export sector is critical to our State’s economic future and growth, with exports of goods and services in 2020-21 estimated at $5.0 billion – or contributing approximately 15 per cent of Gross State Product. Of this, the nominal value of Tasmania’s goods exports were valued at $4.36 billion. Key international destinations were China, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan and the United States.

Key export commodities include:

processed metals and metal products
ores and concentrates
meat products
seafood products
dairy products.
In 2019–20, services exports contributed over $1 billion to Tasmania’s goods and services total; in 2020–21, due to border closures this value dropped by 39 per cent to $646 million.

Tasmania's trade interests are currently supported by a number of free trade agreements to which the Australian Government is a signatory. These agreements cover over 90 per cent of Tasmania’s goods exports by value, including agreements with China, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, Malaysia, Korea and Indonesia. Multi-lateral agreements such as the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement also provide significant market access opportunities for Tasmanian exporters.

Is Australia’s housing crisis self-inflicted? If so, then we need a series of reforms to reverse it
The best long-term solution to the structural problems of the rental crisis is to build more public and/or affordable housing.

Make renting more Sustainable. Increase rent assistance or look at rental caps, similar to countries in Europe and some US states, long term tenancy agreements with incentives for all parties to the agreement.

Build to Rent
The Build to Rent property sector is growing in Australia – this new class of housing is focused on providing high quality purpose designed and built rental stock, creating an additional housing choice for Australian renters with greater security and service.

Build to Rent developments are typically owned by institutional investors for the long term and the owner could be the developer/ongoing building manager. The format provides tenants with the flexibility of renting with the security of home ownership.

Build-to-Rent developments are usually large-scale residential properties specifically designed, built and managed for long-term ownership and rental.

Social Housing
In the 40 years between 1981 and 2021 the percentage of all Australian households living in social housing (i.e. state owned and managed public housing or community managed housing) has ranged from 4.9 per cent in 1981 to 3.8 per cent in 2021. Such a drop in the proportion of social housing raises the question of has Australia achieved the balance right, and also just what is the right level of social housing for Australia?

In 2018 Statistics Canada said 628,700 Canadian households, more than one in ten renter households nationally (13.5% of 4,652,500), were living in social and affordable housing.
In New Zealand, as of 30 June 2021, there were 74,337 public housing households. This equates to 4.0% of households living in social housing.

In England (in 2018) 17% of households (3.9 million) lived in social housing, while the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development publishes that 1.2 million households live in public housing, which is 0.98 per cent of all housing.

Sport is part of the cultural identity of many Australians. Sport isn’t just a favoured pastime for Australians. It is a significant contributor to the Australian economy.

In Australia, sports and recreational organisations attract more volunteers than any other type of organisation.

Major sporting events – grand finals, international cricket, grand slam tournaments, surfing competitions and cycling challenges – as well as less watched events – weekend matches, morning and afternoon training sessions and amateur competitions – fill calendars and recreational time.

The Tasmanian Innovation Strategy is designed to identify the opportunities available to Tasmania through an increased focus on innovation – in both traditional sectors of economic strength and emerging sectors.

Tasmania has a strong and growing economy, and with a growing economy comes a growth in employment opportunities. Health care and social assistance is the largest employment sector in the state followed by retail, and education and training.

The new five-year Tasmanian Defence Strategy 2023 recognises the fast-paced nature of the global defence landscape, the need to be proactive and nimble, and supports the national view of delivering to the defence and national security agenda through a focused, cohesive and collaborative model.
Tasmanian manufacturing and support service companies, as well as Tasmania’s training and research institutes, such as the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College (UTAS AMC), are already globally renowned, competitive, defence ready and able to support major defence activities now and in the future.
Tasmania offers unique capabilities in design, manufacture, testing and support of specialist small water vessels and delivers world leading maritime and marine services.
These include small harbour patrol boats, fast response vessels and transport craft; large catamaran high speed vessels; coastal landing craft built for extreme conditions; harbour maintenance craft and other small ships for use inshore and across the littoral domain.
Other highly recognised maritime products include:
• patented marine insulation, signature management systems
• marine outfitting and modular accommodation systems currently fitted to Australian and New Zealand warships
• underwater retrieval, sensing and marking systems
• provision of specialised hydraulic componentry and maintenance services including for the Navy’s COLLINS Class Submarines
• biofouling services
• marine antenna systems currently fitted to international and Australian warships, and
• a full range of shipping supply and logistic support services.
The UTAS AMC is based in Launceston in the north of the state, with an additional campus operating in Sydney and provides a vast array of leading maritime services.
It offers extensive support to the national defence program through the provision of cavitation research, supported by a world leading Hydrodynamics Centre and underwater collision research facilities.
UTAS AMC is also home of the Australian Research Council’s Industrial Transformation Research Training Centre for Naval Design and Manufacturing.

Tasmania has a strong agricultural tradition and the sector is highly diversified. Activities fall into six main areas:
• mixed farming enterprises, incorporating broadacre cropping, wool and livestock production
• dairy
• fruit (including stone, pome fruit and berries) and vegetable production
• viticulture and hops
• pigs and poultry
• niche production such as seeds, honey, ginseng, olives, nuts, truffles, herbs, cut flowers, bulbs and essential oils
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mixed farming enterprises, incorporating broadacre cropping, wool and livestock production
• dairy
• fruit (including stone, pome fruit and berries) and vegetable production
• viticulture and hops
• pigs and poultry
• niche production such as seeds, honey, ginseng, olives, nuts, truffles, herbs, cut flowers, bulbs and essential oils
Tasmania enjoys excellent growing conditions, affordable land, relative freedom from pests and diseases, abundant water resources and strong research and development capability. Tasmania also has a strong fishing and aquaculture industry, particularly in the area of salmonid aquaculture.
Tasmania’s food processing sector includes dairy products, meat, seafood (Atlantic salmon and ocean trout predominantly, but also abalone, mussels, oysters and scallops), potatoes and other vegetables, confectionery, beer and wine. There are many small producers of boutique beverages, preserves, olives and olive oils, small goods and baked goods. In particular, boutique cider and whisky from Tasmania is gaining attention in national and international markets.

Culture and creativity are part of our Tasmanian story – it’s who we are and what we do and why we do it. It touches every facet of our lives.

Tasmanian culture is our most treasured asset, which no other people and no other place can replicate. It is the source of our pride, our regret, our mutual understanding, and our most honest and reliable engine of growth. Our culture is an expression of who we are, what it feels like to be Tasmanian.

Tasmanians express it to each other and tell our 60,000 year-old stories to visitors and to the world. We feel it in our museums, galleries, natural environment and historic places. We hear it and read it and watch it, play with it, wear it, bring it into our homes, taste it, and, most importantly, we share it.

Tasmania’s manufacturing sector is globally competitive in food and beverage processing, smart technologies, forestry, maritime and defence.

The Manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Burnie on Tasmania’s north west coast is home to facilities, training spaces and equipment designed to develop workers’ and students’ skills in advanced manufacturing.

The maritime precinct near Hobart is home to a number of globally competitive shipbuilders and product manufacturers.
In the northwest is one of the country’s most significant heavy vehicle manufacturing clusters. Vehicles manufactured here are generally highly specialised products for the global underground, surface mining and rail maintenance industries.

Hobart is also Australia’s Antarctic Gateway to the great frozen continent in the south. Tasmania has strong manufacturing services and research and policy capability in Antarctic related activities. Hobart Port has a dedicated Antarctic and cruise terminal and houses the Australian Antarctic Division’s world class Cargo and Biosecurity Centre. The state is a leader in skills and research development in remote and extreme environment health care.

The Network can help you or your organisation find the right talent. Perhaps you are looking for a student intern to assist with a short-term project or problem through our Corporate Internship Program? Or perhaps you are looking to hire a student or recent graduate?

The Corporate Internship Program is a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program where students undertake placements within organisations. Internships provide students the opportunity to directly apply theoretical learning in a practical, and real-world, environment.

Tasmanian farmers and primary producers will be able to test drive the latest in smart technologies and explore how big data can help future-proof their business, following the launch of the University of Tasmania’s Industry 4.0 Testlab.

Advancing Tasmania’s Health puts forward the following strategic ambitions to guide the future direction of the Tasmanian health system:
• Better and More Accessible Community Care
• Strengthening Prevention
• Partnering with Consumers and Clinicians
• Building the Health Workforce
• Delivering the Health Infrastructure of the Future
The need for health services is continuing to grow, driven by an ageing population. Attracting and retaining health professionals to service this need can be difficult, particularly in regional and rural areas. There is also an ongoing need to invest in new and existing health infrastructure to ensure it meets the growing healthcare needs of the Tasmanian community.
Enabling people to receive healthcare in the right place is vital to addressing the challenges. While there will always be a need to invest in acute hospital facilities, enabling care to be provided in alternative settings when appropriate, such as in the home or community, will lead to better patient outcomes and at lower cost to the health system.

The need for aggressive climate action is clear and compelling. While confronting, this is a challenge that we must embrace with a sense of hope rather than despair. Tasmania, with its negative emissions profile and renewable energy assets, can be an example to the world on climate action, but much more does need to be done.

Tasmania has an impressive record on climate action� In 2015, we were the first Australian jurisdiction to achieve net zero emissions and we have achieved this commitment four years in a row.

The latest figures show we have the lowest emissions per person in the country.

Our State is now 100 per cent self- sufficient in renewable energy and continues to lead Australia’s transition to a low emissions economy. This includes a commitment to generate 200 per cent of our energy needs from renewable energy by 2040, and fast-tracking a renewable hydrogen industry in Tasmania.

Tasmania is also fortunate to have world-class climate science capability and detailed climate change projections to inform our decisions.
Despite our strong advantages, Tasmania is not immune to the impacts of a changing climate. In the past five years we have seen extreme flooding, fires, drought, biosecurity concerns and marine heatwaves� These events have had an environmental, economic and social impact on government, business, communities and households.

The move to a circular economy can only happen if governments, businesses and industry, and the wider community work together. Everyone can make a difference on this path to sustainability.

This vision is one that is based on all products and materials having value for reuse, repair, refurbishment and recycling. Working together, we can embrace a circular economy that achieves zero waste outcomes. Transformational changes will design out waste, keep products and materials in circulation and build regenerative systems.

Tasmania is a place of wild and beautiful landscapes, a pristine natural environment, friendly people with a relaxed lifestyle, wonderful food and wine and a haunting history evoked by world famous convict ruins. Tasmania is Australia’s only island state and the most geographically diverse, with an extraordinary 48 per cent reserved as national parks and world heritage wilderness.

Tasmania has remarkable geological diversity and more than a century's history as a significant minerals producer. The State exports ores and concentrates of iron, copper, lead, zinc, tin, high-grade silica and tungsten.

Tasmania has three large operating mines, including long-term producers Rosebery (zinc, lead, gold, copper, silver), Savage River (magnetite, which is converted into iron ore pellets at Port Latta) and the Renison Joint Venture a major Tin producer. A number of proposed projects are also in various stages of development.

Tasmania's major operating mines are:
• Rosebery Mine: silver, lead, zinc mining
• Renison Mine: tin mining
• Savage River Mine: magnetite (iron ore) mine
• Henty Mine: gold mining
• Cornwall Coal: coal mining in northeast Tasmania

Proposed projects include:
• Avebury Mine: nickel at Zeehan
• Mount Lindsay: iron and tin-tungsten
• King Island: scheelite

Mines on Care and Maintenance:
• Mt Lyell Mine: Copper mining at Queenstown
• Avebury Nickel Mine at Zeehan

Tasmania has a strong and growing economy, and with a growing economy comes a growth in employment opportunities. Health care and social assistance is the largest employment sector in the state followed by retail, and education and training.

Tasmania has a strong and growing economy, and with a growing economy comes a growth in employment opportunities. Health care and social assistance is the largest employment sector in the state followed by retail, and education and training.

Tasmania has a strong and growing economy, and with a growing economy comes a growth in employment opportunities. Health care and social assistance is the largest employment sector in the state followed by retail, and education and training.