Tasmania has become the first state in the country to have a dedicated Australia Institute branch outside the national headquarters in Canberra.
The Tasmanian branch will look at political, social and economic issues on a state level, and release research and polling on government policies and issues of the day.
“The institute for a while has looked at involving itself in research and policy debates on a state level because that’s really where the rubber hits the road from a lot of the federal policies,” The Australia Institute Tasmania director Leeane Minshull said.
“It’s where things get implemented and it’s where policy and political decisions actually affect people’s lives. We saw Tasmania as an ideal place to do it because we think it’s really an exciting time for Tasmania.
“I think the state’s in transition economically, culturally, socially and what a lot of the rest of Australia has discovered is a lot of Tasmanians had it right all along …
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