- 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 (Communities)
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 (Department of Health)
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
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 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 Health (Australian Government)
Responsible for the development of service delivery policy and access to social and health services
- Department of Health Tasmania
The Department of Health improves, promotes, protects and maintains the health, safety and wellbeing of Tasmanians through service planning, managing, procuring and delivering high quality health services.
- 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 funding (State Growth)
For businesses and individuals to assist in professional and sector development in Tasmania
- Grants from Communities, Sport and Recreation
A range of grant programs to support the provision of quality facilities and environments that meet the community, sports and recreation needs of Tasmanians.
- Guardianship and Administration Board
Can make decisions for the benefit of persons who have a disability
- 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
- Hydro Tasmania
Electricity generation and consulting company
- Immunisation
Department of Health 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 kindergarten in Tasmania
- 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 (Department of Health)
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
Fire 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
- Plates Plus
Information about the graduated licensing system for new drivers.
- 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)
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 Coronavirus Website
nformation and advice about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) including latest updates from the Tasmanian and Australian Governments.
- 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
- tasmanian.com.au
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- Tasmania's Agri-Food Plan
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.
- The Department of Education, Skills and Employment
Australian government department that works to ensure Australians can experience the wellbeing and economic benefits that quality education, skills and employment provide.
- 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 from Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)
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
- 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
- WorkSafe Tasmania
Workplace health and safety, workers compensation, and occupational rehabilitation
- 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