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The case for a Tasmanian AFL team, from an economist's point of view

  • Written by Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney

No one did a cost-benefit analysis before accepting Tasmania into the Commonwealth. Should the Australian Football League do the same?

Tasmanians have pushed for their own AFL team since the 1980s, when the Victorian Football League first accepted interstate teams (beginning with the West Coast Eagles and the Brisbane Bears) into the fold, then...

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