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1	Tasmania’s economic recovery: is it the ‘Real McCoy?’
2	The Tasmanian economy has performed very strongly over the past few years …
3	… resulting in a number of improvements in Tasmania’s standing relative to the mainland
4	The housing boom has made an above-average contribution to Tasmania’s recent economic upturn
5	Good economic policy at the State level has played an important role in these results
6	The tourist industry provides a specific example of the benefits of good policy at the industry level
7	The Commonwealth government’s contribution to Tasmania’s recovery has been fairly small
8	However it’s not clear that there has been a trend improvement in Tasmania’s productivity
9	Productivity is ‘what you get out for what you put in’ - and it matters
10	Productivity growth is a key driver of both household income and employment growth
11	Investment in physical capital is an important driver of productivity growth …
12	… and so is investment in human capital
13	Tasmania is starting to do better on some human capital indicators, but results take time
14	But it’s also important to monitor quality of outcomes – where Tasmania isn’t doing so well
15	Tasmania still ranks poorly on a range of other indicators of social well-being
16	Tasmania also ranks poorly on a range of ‘diversity’ indicators
17	Tasmania should be seeking to attract more of the so-called ‘creative classes’
18	What attracts the ‘creative class’?
19	Tasmania now
20	Tasmania’s future ...
21	Three things Tasmania must now avoid