Tasmanian Demographic Analysis SnapShot – December 2019 Prepared by Dr Lisa Denny, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania To see all of the graphs, tables and footnotes associated with this SnapShot, please download a PDF version (220KB). The December 2019 Tasmanian Demographic Analysis SnapShot provides an overview of natural population change […]

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The University of Tasmania’s Housing and Community Research Unit (HACRU) has prepared a Tasmanian housing update to inform the community and policy makers about the ongoing shortage of affordable housing in the State. Read the full report (PDF 830KB). There continues to be an acute shortage of affordable housing across Tasmania, particularly in Greater Hobart. […]

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Questions about what makes Tasmania special and how we ensure a future that is both prosperous and sustainable are central themes of Tourism in Tasmania, a new book launched on 21 November. Tourism in Tasmania, written by 22 researchers at the University of Tasmania, looks at the future of tourism in the context of sustainability, […]

University of Tasmania's Associate Professor Anne Hardy and Professor Can-Seng Ooi at the launch of Tourism in Tasmania.
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A symposium in Launceston tomorrow (20 November) will bring together health researchers and community workers to share ideas to improve services in Northern Tasmania. The day-long event is part of the University’s of Tasmania’s State Government-funded Anticipatory Care Project, which is headed by Dr Susan Banks of the Institute for the Study of Social Change. […]

University of Tasmania's Dr Susan Banks.
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Having a say about the future of work, education and living well on Tasmania’s North-West Coast will be the focus of a community conversation to be held in Devonport on Thursday 21 November. Organised by the University of Tasmania’s Cradle Coast campus in partnership with the Devonport City Council and the Devonport Live and Learn […]

The University of Tasmania’s Cradle Coast Campus General Manager Danielle Kidd and Cradle Coast Authority CEO Daryl Connelly.
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By Dr Lisa Denny OUR economy, society and political ideologies are geared to increasing consumption to grow our economy rather than focusing on productivity, innovation and the traded sectors. However, with an end to population growth on the horizon threatening future consumption patterns (apart from increasing tourism), it highlights the point that Future Tasmania series […]

Dr Lisa Denny is a demographer and a Research Fellow with the Institute for the Study of Social Change at the University of Tasmania. She has had 20 years’ experience in private industry and the public sector in Tasmania. She was at the “Communicating: The Heart of Literacy” symposium at Government House in November.
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By Dr Lisa Denny Society takes time to adjust to new technology, and government policy must keep up. What is fuelling increasing discontent in Australian society? Why is it that we have such social and economic challenges as rising inequality, increasing housing stress, low wage growth, persistent under-employment and economic stagnation facing Australians today? Why […]

Institute for the Study of Social Change Research Fellow Lisa Denny.
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Prepared by Dr Lisa Denny Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania This inaugural Tasmanian Demographic Analysis SnapShot provides an overview of quarterly statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) from the perspective of the state of Tasmania. The ABS’ Australian Demographic Statistics publication dated 19 September 2019 is a quarterly […]

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An international housing expert is in Hobart today to urge policy makers to invest more in housing for the sake of the economy and public health. David E. Jacobs (pictured left with UTAS professor Keith Jacobs) is chief scientist with the National Center for Healthy Housing in the United States and the director of the World […]

Dr David E. Jacobs (left) and Professor Keith Jacobs (head of HACRU at UTAS).

A new app launched today will promote Tasmania’s Huon Valley as a tourist destination and help understand how the 2019 bushfires affected visitation. The University of Tasmania has partnered with the Huon Valley Council and a licence holder for the University’s Tourism Tracer technology, Gulliver, to produce the new app named “Huon Valley”, which has […]

Attending the Huon Valley app launch.
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