- 26TEN - improving adult literacy
Network of organisations and individuals working together to improve adult literacy
- Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania (AHT)
Protects and promotes Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage
- Aboriginal Housing Services Tasmania (AHST)
Providing rental housing to eligible applicants
- About Tasmania (Tourism Tasmania)
Tourism Tasmania's introduction to Tasmania
- Adoptions and Permanency Services (DHHS)
For parents of adopted children or adoptees
- Adult Education
Libraries Tasmania adult education courses
- Affordable Housing Initiatives
The Tasmanian Government is helping you build, buy or rent a home through a range of initiatives.
- Alcohol and Drug Service (Health and Human Services)
Treatment, education and community-based support
- Ambulance Tasmania
Provides ambulance care, rescue and transport services
- Analytical Services
Specialise in chemical and algal laboratory services supporting the greater Tasmanian community.
- Antarctic Tasmania
Supports the Antarctic sector in Tasmania
- Anti-Discrimination Tribunal
Investigates complaints about conduct prohibited under the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act 1998
- Arts Tasmania
Responsible for policy and planning for arts and culture in Tasmania
- Arts Tasmania: funding
Grants, loans, awards, fellowships and other opportunities
- Aurora Energy
Provides electricity in Tasmania
- Australia Day (see your local council)
Awards and events information is available from your local council. Search the list for your council
- Australian Business Licence and Information Service (ABLIS)
Find government licences, permits, approvals and registrations
- Australian Business Number (ABN)
Register for an ABN
- Australian Business Number (ABN) lookup
Search the Australian Business Register (ABR)
- Australian Business Register (ABR)
Business identity information provided through ABR (Australian Business Registration)
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Promotes competition and fair trade in markets to benefit consumers, businesses, and the community
- Australian Job Search
Australian Government service to help job seekers find jobs and employers find staff
- Australian Parliament (Senators and Members for Tasmania)
Contact details for Tasmanian representatives in the Australian Parliament
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Australia's corporate, markets and financial services regulator
- Australian Taxation Office
The government's principal revenue collection agency
- B4 Early Years Coalition
Supporting children from birth to age 4 and their families
- Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme
Rebate reduces the cost of transporting a passenger vehicle across Bass Strait
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM)
Tasmanian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages information
- Brand Tasmania
Represents Tasmanian public and private enterprises across the world
- Budget
Australian Government Budget
- Building and planning approvals (see your local council)
Local councils have responsibilities for building approvals. Search the list for your council
- Building Standards and Regulation
Information for building practitioners in Tasmania.
- Bushfire Ready Neighbourhoods
Communities prepare for bushfires
- Business grants and assistance
Government grants and funding opportunities
- Business Tasmania
All your Tasmanian business needs
- business.gov.au
Australian government's principal business resource
- Centenary of Anzac
Tasmania remembers 2014-2018
- Centrelink
Payments and services to assist Australians
- Child care and vacation care (see your local council)
Child care and holiday activities may be available from your local council. Search the list for your council
- Child care benefit
Help with child care costs
- Child Care Services Tasmania
Child care services in Tasmania, including service providers
- Comcare (workplace safety, rehabilitation and compensation)
Commonwealth statutory authority responsible for workplace safety, rehabilitation and compensation
- Commissioner for Children
Promotes the rights and well-being of children and young people
- Communities, Sport and Recreation Tasmania (Department of Premier and Cabinet)
Improving Tasmanian's quality of life, building community capacity, addressing social disadvantage and increasing social inclusion
- Community Corrections Service
Responsible for the management of offenders on probation, parole and community service orders
- Community Grants (see your local council)
Councils provide a range of funding and grants
- ComSuper (Commonwealth Superannuation Administration)
Administers the superannuation schemes for Federal public sector and Defence Force employees
- Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading
Provides services and information to encourage a fair, safe and equitable marketplace
- Coroners Court (Magistrates Court of Tasmania)
Role of the Coroner, coronial system, inquest procedure, coronial findings and inquests pending
- Correctional Primary Health Service
Provides a range of assessment and care services to prisoners
- Corrective Services
Provides community and custodial services across Tasmania
- Council careers
Jobs in LGAT
- Council jobs (Think big work local)
Job opportunities in Tasmanian councils
- Council map and contacts
Map of council boundaries and council contacts list
- Councils: A-Z list
Find your local council
- Courts and tribunals
Tasmanian and Commonwealth courts and tribunals
- Crown Law
Provides a framework for the provision of legal services to Tasmania
- Crown Solicitor
Provides commercial law and conveyancing services to the Government
- Death and bereavement
Australian government resources
- Department of Employment
Australian government department responsible for employment policy and programmes
- Director of Public Prosecutions
Provides criminal and civil law services to Tasmania
- Disability and Community Services
Supporting people with disabilities, families in need, neighbourhood houses, gambling and sexual assault
- Discover Tasmania (Official Tourism Tasmania site)
Accommodation, activities and more
- Dog and other animal registration (see your local council)
Local councils have responsibilities for animal management. Search the list for your council
- Driver Assessment Booking Service
The online driver assessment booking service is available to clients with an L1 licence (requiring an L2 driving assessment) or clients with a L2 licence (requiring a P1 driving assessment)
- Driver forms and publications
Tasmanian road rules and learner driver booklets, handbooks and forms
- Driver knowledge test system
Online practice test of knowledge of the Tasmanian road rules, for car drivers and motorcycle riders
- Driver licence information
Information and guidelines on different types of licences
- Education Department
Providing public education, vocational education and training, adult and community education, and library and archive services
- Emblems
Tasmanian flag, coat of arms, and emblems
- Energy (State Growth)
Department of State Growth's energy information
- Energy Ombudsman
Provides an independent dispute resolution service for consumers
- Entura
Hydro Tasmania's consulting business
- Environment Protection Authority Tasmania (EPA)
Tasmania's principal environmental regulator
- Equal Opportunity Tasmania
The Anti-Discrimination Commissioner investigates discrimination complaints
- Events calendar, Tasmania
What's on in Tasmania
- Events Tasmania
Provides funding support and advice to event organisers
- Family and community violence
Tasmanian violence and assault support services
- Family Court of Australia
Family law information, legal resources, and contact and corporate information
- Family History
Research Tasmanian family history
- Family Violence Counselling and Support Services
Assists children, young people and adults affected by family violence
- Find a Tasmanian government school
Department of Education list of Tasmanian government schools
- Fines and Infringements (Monetary Penalties Enforcement Service)
Collection of monetary penalties, including infringement notices, court penalties and speeding fines
- Firearms
Fireams licence requirements
- First home buyers (FHOG and FHBB)
Taxation, grants and rebates that apply to the purchase of a first home
- Flood Assistance for Tasmanians
How to claim support from the Government
- Forest Practices Authority (FPA)
Administers Tasmanian forest practices on public and private land
- Forestry
Department of State Growth information on Tasmanian forests
- Free Wi-Fi spots in Tasmania
Free government Wi-Fi in the state
- Freight
Tasmanian freight information
- Getting a licence (Transport)
Licence information for learners, cars, motorcycles and other vehicles
- Government Information Strategy Unit
Provides records management guidelines and advice
- Government Organisations
A-Z list of government organisations
- Governor of Tasmania
The Governor, the office, list of Governors and Lieutenant Governors
- Grants and community engagement (Premier and Cabinet)
Grants programs administered by the Department
- Grants and funding (State Growth)
For businesses and individuals to assist in professional and sector development in Tasmania
- Guardianship and Administration Board
Can make decisions for the benefit of persons who have a disability
- Health and Human Services (DHHS)
The agency and its services, health and housing matters
- Health Complaints Commissioner
Information and forms
- Health Practitioners Tribunal
Hears and decides matters relating to Tasmanian health professionals
- healthdirect Australia 1800 022 222
Free (for landlines) 24-hour telephone advice line staffed by registered nurses to provide expert non-urgent health advice
- HealthStats
Summary statistics on Tasmania's public health system and elective surgery
- Heavy Vehicles (Transport)
Driving heavy vehicles and transporting freight on Tasmanian roads
- Heritage Tasmania
Protects, conserves and promotes Tasmania's unique heritage assets
- Holidays and daylight saving dates
Public holidays, term dates and daylight saving information
- Housing Tasmania
Provides affordable and secure housing for Tasmanians on low incomes or with special needs
- How to search the Land Titles Register
Guide to searching the register
- How to search the Registry of Deeds
Guide to searching the Registry
- Human Services (Australian Government)
Responsible for the development of service delivery policy and access to social and health services
- Hydro Tasmania
Electricity generation and consulting company
- Immunisation
Department of Health and Human Services information on immunisation
- Industrial awards
Public and private sector industrial awards, the role of the Tasmanian Industrial Commission and other agencies
- Infrastructure (State Growth)
Department of State Growth information on transport and other infrastructure projects
- Inland Fisheries Service
Manages Tasmania's inland fishery
- Integrity Commission
Aims to improve the standard of conduct, propriety and ethics in public authorities in Tasmania
- iPlan
Tasmanian Government online resource for planning and development
- It's an Honour: Australia celebrating Australians
Australian Honours system and Lists, nomination process, forms, medals, National Anthem, National Flag
- Jobs.tas.gov.au: Tasmanian Government careers
Jobs available within the Tasmanian State Service
- Jurors (Supreme Court of Tasmania)
Role of juries and jury service in proceedings of the Supreme Court of Tasmania
- Justice Department
Promoting and maintaining rights and responsibilities
- Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations
Contact a Justice of the Peace
- Kinder Ready
Resources for getting children ready for school
- Land Tasmania
Mapping, land use planning, Crown land, Land Titles Office, and Valuer-General
- Land Titles Office
The Recorder of Titles is responsible for providing the community with certainty of title to land
- Law and Justice: Australian government law sites
List of Australian government law sites
- Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania
Independent statutory body responsible for legal aid
- Legal Assistance
Legal assistance from community organisations, government-funded services and the private sector
- Libraries Tasmania
State Library of Tasmania, the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO), Adult Education and online access centres
- Licence disqualifications
How a driver licence may be suspended, cancelled, or varied
- Licensing and accreditation
Electrical, plumbing, gas-fitting and automotive gas-fitting trades require a licence in Tasmania. Building Practitioners are required to be accredited in Tasmania
- Liquor and gaming licensing
Liquor and gaming licensing
- LIST (Land Information System Tasmania)
The LIST delivers integrated Tasmanian land information online
- Living City Devonport
LIVING CITY is the largest urban renewal project ever undertaken in regional Tasmania.
- Local Government Association of Tasmania
Represents Tasmanian councils
- Local Government Division (Premier and Cabinet)
Supports collaboration between state and local government
- Macquarie Point Development Corporation
Manages redevelopment of the Macquarie Point site including the Brooke Street Pier
- Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) (Boating)
Manages the operation of recreational and commercial vessels up to 500 tonnes
- Marine environment
Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment information on the marine environment
- Mediation and dispute resolution
Providing information and advice on dispute resolution
- Medicare
Health services and payments
- Mental Health Services (Health and Human Services)
Community and inpatient services for individuals with a mental illness, their families and carers
- Mental Health Tribunal (MHT)
Conducts hearings to review orders to admit or detain persons as involuntary patients, and reviews community treatment orders
- Metro
Bus services in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie
- Migrant and multicultural communities
Policy advice to government on Tasmania's culturally diverse communities
- Migration and Refugee Division
The Migration and Refugee Division (MRD or MR Division) reviews decisions made in relation to visas to travel to, enter or stay in Australia
- Migration Tasmania: for business and skilled migrants
Tasmania's lifestyle and opportunities for potential migrants
- Mineral Resources Tasmania
Minerals, petroleum resources and land management
- Momentum Energy
Part of the Hydro Tasmania group
- MoneySmart
Financial tips and advice including investing, superannuation, insurance, scams, unclaimed money
- Motor Accidents Compensation Tribunal
Determines appeals by persons aggrieved by decisions of the Motor Accidents Insurance Board (MAIB)
- Motor Accidents Insurance Board (MAIB)
Operates a combined common law/no fault motor accident scheme for Tasmanians
- Motor Boat and PWC Licences and Registrations
Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) information
- My Aged Care
Australian Government information on aged care services
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Providing support for people who have a permanent disability
- Office of Aboriginal Affairs
Advises the Tasmanian Government and supports the Aboriginal community of Tasmania
- Office of the Public Guardian
Promotes, speaks for and protects the rights and interests of people with disabilities
- Official Visitor Programs
The Mental Health Official Visitors Program and the Prison Official Visitors Program
- Older Tasmanians
Information for older Tasmanians
- Ombudsman Tasmania
Investigates the administrative actions of public authorities
- One Health System Tasmania
Reform of the Tasmanian health system
- Operating a Conveyancing Business
Department of Justice information on setting up a conveyancing business
- Outpatient Clinics
How and where to find outpatient clinics, operating hours and referral requirements
- Parks and Wildlife Service
Tasmanian national parks and reserves, historic heritage, flora and fauna, visitor guides
- Parks and Wildlife Service: bushfire management
Planned burning, fire ecology and management
- Parliament of Tasmania
Contact details, Hansard, history
- Parole Board
The Board's decision-making process and decisions of the Board
- Passports
Information and forms
- Payroll tax
Information on payroll tax
- Placenames Tasmania
Register of all official Tasmanian names
- Police
Recruitment, senior personnel, crime prevention, community relations and permits
- Police, Fire and Emergency Management
Incorporates Tasmania Police, the State Emergency Service, Forensic Science Service Tasmania, and the Tasmania Fire Service
- Port Arthur
Visit Tasmania's historic convict sites
- Power to choose: electricity reform and you
Details of the 2014 electricity reforms
- Premier and Cabinet
Providing services to Cabinet, members of Parliament, government agencies and the community
- Premier of Tasmania
Home page of the Tasmanian Premier
- Premier's Reading Challenge
Aims to encourage a love of books and reading
- Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE)
Responsible for the management and protection of Tasmania's natural and cultural assets
- Prison Service
Ensuring the safe containment of inmates and providing opportunities for rehabilitation and personal development
- Private Forests Tasmania
Promotes, fosters and assists the private forestry sector on forestry matters
- Probate
Probate information, searches and forms
- Property transfer duty
Information on duty, formerly known as stamp duty
- Public hospitals
Tasmanian public hospitals
- Public toilet map
Identifies toilet facilities in Australia
- Public Trustee
Provides independent trustee services including advice on wills, trusts, estate and financial administration, power of attorney
- Public vehicles operator information
Driving a public passenger vehicle such as taxis, hire and drive vehicles, small public passenger vehicles
- purchasing.tas.gov.au
Winning business, tenders, common use contracts, purchasing by government employees
- Racing (Racing Services Tasmania)
Thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing in Tasmania
- Renting in Tasmania (MyBond Rental Deposit Authority)
Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading information on renting in Tasmania
- Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal (RMPAT)
Hears appeals against decisions relating to the development and management of natural resources in Tasmania
- Resource Recovery and Waste (Environment Protection Authority)
Environment Protection Authority information
- Rethink Waste Tasmania
Tasmanian initiative to rethink what we do with our waste
- RHH Redevelopment
Royal Hobart Hospital redevelopment plans
- Road safety
Road safety information
- Road Safety Advisory Council (RSAC): Towards Zero
Provides road safety policy, community, school-based and public education programs and crash statistics
- Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Investigation into institutional responses to allegations of child sexual abuse in Australia
- Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Australia's second oldest botanical gardens
- Safe at Home
Details of the initiative
- School holiday activities (see your local council)
Local councils may provide school holiday activities. Search the list for your council
- Schools Registration Board
Ensures that non-government schools comply with education standards
- Screen Tasmania
Supporting and developing the state's film, television and multimedia industries
- Sea fishing and aquaculture
Managing recreational, commercial sea fisheries and marine farming
- Seniors Card
A discount card for Tasmanians over 60
- Sentencing Advisory Council
Undertaking research and improving the quality and availability of information on sentencing
- Service Tasmania
Provides shopfronts, telephone, and internet access to state, local, and Commonwealth government services
- Skills Tasmania
Vocational education and training (VET) policy development, planning and regulation
- Solicitor-General
Providing legal advice to Ministers, agencies and instrumentalities of the Crown
- Spirit of Tasmania
TT-Line's passenger, vehicle and freight service between Devonport and Melbourne
- Sport and Recreation Tasmania
Encourages sports participation and development
- State Emergency Service Tasmania
Co-ordinates state emergency management arrangements
- State Grants Commission
Makes recommendations on Australian Government grants to local government
- State Growth
To pursue new investment opportunities and facilitate major projects
- State Protocol Office (Premier and Cabinet)
Manages official visits, honours nominations, flags, state symbols and forms of address
- State Revenue Office (SRO)
Duty payable on property, mortgages, insurance and motor vehicles
- Statistics (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Tasmanian statistics
- Student assistance scheme guidelines (STAS) (PDF file)
Assistance for the cost of levies in Tasmanian schools
- Sudden loss support (PDF file)
Helpful information for families and friends who lose a loved one in a sudden or unexpected way
- Superannuation
Australian Taxation Office information on super
- Sustainable Timber Tasmania (formerly Forestry Tasmania)
Responsible for the sustainable management of Tasmania's native and plantation forests. Formerly known as Forestry Tasmania
- Tas.gov.au
Tasmanian government home page
- TasALERT: Tasmanian Government emergency site
Tasmanian Government emergency website
- TasInvest
The Coordinator-General's Office is the lead agency for investment in Tasmania
- Tasmania Arts Guide
Guide to the best creative places and top things to do in the arts
- Tasmania Fire Service (TFS)
The operational arm of the State Fire Commission
- Tasmanian accommodation
Information on the range of accommodation options available in Tasmania, and how to book
- Tasmanian archives and heritage
Research Tasmanian history
- Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification (TASC)
Post-year 10 education and training qualifications information
- Tasmanian Audit Office
Office of the Tasmanian Auditor-General
- Tasmanian Budget
Budget information
- Tasmanian Climate Change Office
Tasmanian Government's response to climate change
- Tasmanian Devil
Information on the Tasmanian Devil
- Tasmanian Devil (Save the Tasmanian Devil Program)
The official response to the threat to the survival of the Tasmanian devil
- Tasmanian Devil (SPRAT)
Species Profile and Threat Database (SPRAT) information
- Tasmanian Electoral Commission
Tasmanian elections, procedures, results, electorates, enrolment forms
- Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement
Reports, legislation and other information relating to the Agreement
- Tasmanian Government concessions
Guide to State Government concessions and discounts
- Tasmanian Government Gazette
Formal public notices that are required by law and Government authority to be published in the Gazette
- Tasmanian Government Media Releases
State Government media releases
- Tasmanian Government Public Notices
Tasmanian Government Public Notices
- Tasmanian Industrial Commission
Independent tribunal established under the Industrial Relations Act 1984
- Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TIS)
Assists Tasmania's athletes by providing high quality athletic and coaching services
- Tasmanian Integrated Freight Strategy
An efficient and cost-effective freight system
- Tasmanian Irrigation
Responsible for the development and operation of publicly subsidised irrigation schemes
- Tasmanian Legislation
Providing access to Tasmanian Acts and Statutory Rules, or regulations
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG)
Exhibitions and collections, tours, buildings, education, services and bookshop
- Tasmanian Names Index
Search convict, inquest, birth, death and marriage records
- Tasmanian Planning Commission
Develops and maintains the planning framework and related planning schemes
- Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation (TASCORP)
TASCORP is the central borrowing authority for the state of Tasmania
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Management Plan Project
Formulation of a new management plan
- Tasmania's Agri-Food Plan 2016-2018
Involving farmers, fishers, processors, industry sectors, agri-businesses, the community and government
- TASMAP (buy Tasmanian maps)
Buy Tasmanian maps
- TasNetworks
Supplies the power from the generation source to homes and businesses
- Tasplan
Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund
- TasPorts
Responsible for the operations and management of Tasmanian ports
- TasRail
Tasmania's freight rail business
- TasTAFE
Tasmania's public sector post-compulsory vocational education and training provider
- TasWater
Provides water and sewerage services in Tasmania
- Teachers Registration Board
Responsible for the registration of teachers in Tasmania
- Tenders: information on government tenders
Tasmanian Government tenders web site
- Term dates for Tasmanian schools
Dates of school terms and school holidays.
- Tourism grants and funding
Grants and funding available to tourism businesses
- Tourism Tasmania Corporate
Information and resources for Tasmania's tourism industry
- Traffic infringement notice offences
Fines and demerit points for common traffic infringements
- Transport
Transport planning, management and safety in Tasmania
- Treasury and Finance
Implementing strategies to achieve the Government's economic objectives
- Vehicle registration and licensing fees and forms
Transport Division fees for driver licences, vehicle registrations, and operator forms
- Vehicle registration information
Registration of vehicles, transfer, disposal, number plates, rebates and written-off vehicles
- Vehicle registration online services
Check vehicle registration status
- Victims support services
Offers personal support, counselling and information for victims of crime
- Waste management and recycling (see your local council)
Local councils have responsibilities for waste management. Search the list for your council
- Water (Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment)
Sustainable development and management of Tasmania's freshwater resources and ecosystems
- Weather and warnings (Bureau of Meteorology)
Current warnings and forecasts
- Wellington Park
kunanyi / Mount Wellington is managed by the Wellington Park Management Trust
- Women
Ensuring that Government policies, programs and projects are inclusive of women's needs
- Workcover Tasmania
Workplace health and safety, workers compensation, and occupational rehabilitation
- Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Tribunal
Determining disputes relating to workers compensation in Tasmania
- Working with Children Registration
New registration process for workers and volunteers
- WorkSafe Tasmania
Workplace safety, health, rehabilitation and compensation
- Years 11 and 12 Curriculum
To support the delivery of Year 11 and 12 courses
- Youth Justice Court (Magistrates Court of Tasmania)
Hears and determines matters arising from and under the Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1997, and the Adoption Act 1988
- Youth Justice Services
Provides restorative justice services to the victims and perpetrators of youth crime aged 10-17 years
