Tasmania's economy is a green labor basket case and the state is bankrupt and dependent on wealfare from the rest of Australia to survive.
An interesting article thats actually true about Tasmania written by David Leyonhjelm
Having once lived there, I know Tasmania is a pleasant place to live. But so is Greece. And if Tasmania was an independent country, it would be in more trouble than Greece.
There was quite a lot of discussion about this in 2013. A good summary came in an article by Jonathan West, director of the Australian Innovation Research Centre and a resident of Tasmania, who described the state as follow: “Tasmania ranks at the bottom among Australian states on virtually every dimension of economic, social, and cultural performance
- highest unemployment,
- lowest incomes,
- languishing investment,
- lowest home prices,
- least educated,
- lowest literacy,
- most chronic disease,
- poorest longevity,
- most likely to smoke,
- greatest obesity,
- highest teenage pregnancy,
- highest petty crime,
- worst domestic violence
Tasmania is also a mendicant state, highly reliant on the rest of the country. It generates about a third of its state budget, the rest being GST allocations and specific purpose payments from the commonwealth.
GST and income tax originating within the state fall well short of what it receives, meaning the government effectively receives welfare from the rest of the country.
When the NSW economy goes into recession, one of the consequences is less money for Tasmania.
This is on top of the higher proportions of welfare that Tasmanian individuals receive
The rest of the interesting article can be read here and its a very good read...... http://catallaxyfiles.com/2014/03/07/david-leyonhjelm-tasmania-a-province-of-victoria/
So should Tasmania become a province of Victoria?
That is if Victoraia would want a green/labor bankrupt basket case that is Tasmania as part of it
