THE TT-Line's $1.5 million backing of AFL games in Hobart for the next three years will bring an estimated $24 million boost to the local economy and will be the foundation stone for a Tasmanian AFL team.

CONFIDENCE in Tasmania's economy has plummeted to its lowest level since the global financial crisis.

TASMANIA'S economy is recovering steadily from the global financial crisis to record the third fastest growth in the nation, new figures show.

BUSINESS confidence in Tasmania's economy has sunk to levels not seen since the peak of the global financial crisis.

STATE Opposition leader Will Hodgman has called on the Bartlett Government to stop its political navel-gazing and start addressing critical problems in the Tasmanian economy.

Confidence in the Tasmanian economy has plunged to levels not seen since the middle of the global financial crisis, a major economic index has found.

HIGHLY lucrative fisheries worth hundreds of millions to the Tasmanian economy are under threat from potentially devastating sea creatures, it has been revealed.