Peter Gutwein,Premier
The Tasmanian Government supports the decision from AFL Tasmania to roll the Football Futures Project into the process underway for a decision on a Tasmanian AFL licence, which is expected in the middle of 2022.
As a Government, we want to ensure Tasmania finally gets our own AFL and AFLW teams in the National competition whilst also ensuring that we strengthen the base of football in Tasmania. Therefore it makes sense to finalise the best way forward for the game in Tasmania once this license process is complete.
The joint AFL and Tasmanian Licence Taskforce working group, which includes the support of four-time Premiership-winning master coach “Clarko” Alistair Clarkson ,is currently working through the matters raised in the Carter Report ahead of a final position being put to AFL Club Presidents for a decision on a Tasmanian AFL team in 2022.
We will continue working closely with AFL Tasmania and the AFL Licence working group ahead of the decision on our own AFL team, including on strategies to grow the base of participation in the sport as well as a community football support package for the 2022 season to target three key areas of need such as recruitment and support for volunteers, coaches, and umpires across the State.
