Findings from the Fourth General Survey of The Tasmania Project (TTP4) show that more respondents eat dairy (95%) than red meat (82%) and seafood (77%). About two in three respondents eat red meat, dairy and seafood as part of their diet. For respondents who consume these food types, dairy seems to be the most important […]

The Tasmania Project Report 23 reported that attending arts and cultural events was extremely common prior to the pandemic: more than 80% of respondents to The Tasmania Project’s second general survey (TTP2) had attended art exhibitions/galleries, museums, cultural festivals, performing arts, and the cinema in the year prior to the pandemic. The arts, entertainment and […]

As the time for opening borders approaches, The Tasmania Project’s fifth general survey (TTP5) asked Tasmanian residents about their experiences of the second year of COVID-19, and their current attitudes to borders, restrictions and vaccination. We also track changing attitudes across the pandemic. Read the full report here.

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health restrictions temporarily disrupted food supply chains in Australia and changed the way people shopped for food, highlighting issues with the resilience of Tasmania’s food system. The Tasmania Project’s Food Survey was conducted in May 2020, shortly after Tasmania’s initial lockdown. Our results indicate multiple opportunities to increase resilience […]

The October 2021 Tasmanian Demographic Analysis SnapShot provides an overview of Australian demographic statistics for the year ending 31 March 2021, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in September 2021, from the perspective of the state of Tasmania. Prepared by Jacqueline De Vries, Data Analyst, University of Tasmania To read the full report […]