TASMANIA must harness its natural competitive advantages to meet the economic challenge posed by the demographic time bomb of the State’s ageing population.
The peak employer body, the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) says the time to act is now. Tasmania cannot afford to ignore the economic reality and it must put policies in [...]
By RICHARD DOWLING *
TASMANIA is facing an economic time bomb and urgent decisions are required if the State is to avoid burdening future generations with unsustainable costs, unmanageable debt and lower standards of living.
The impact of Tasmania’s rapidly ageing population combined with the rising cost of government services is simply unsustainable. On current conservative projections [...]
IN some encouraging economic news amid all the reports of the world economic crisis, a national forecasting agency says Tasmania can still avoid moving into recession.
In its latest Business Outlook report, Access Economics has found that Tasmania stands to be the major beneficiary from the Federal Government stimulus packages and may avoid successive quarters of [...]
