Tasmania

Premier: Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal), since 8 Apr 2022

Governments since 1998

Jeremy Rockliff
Liberal · 8 Apr 2022 to now
Average over 5 years in office: unemployment 4.2%, growth 2.6%, wages 3.6%, inflation 4.2%
Peter Gutwein
Liberal · 20 Jan 2020 to 8 Apr 2022
Average over 2 years in office: unemployment 6.3%, growth 2.0%, wages 2.3%, inflation 2.5%
Will Hodgman
Liberal · 31 Mar 2014 to 20 Jan 2020
Average over 6 years in office: unemployment 6.6%, growth 2.9%, wages 2.3%, inflation 2.0%
Lara Giddings
Labor · 24 Jan 2011 to 31 Mar 2014
Average over 3 years in office: unemployment 6.4%, growth -0.6%, wages 3.2%, inflation 2.0%
David Bartlett
Labor · 26 May 2008 to 24 Jan 2011
Average over 3 years in office: unemployment 5.0%, growth 3.5%, wages 3.8%, inflation 2.7%
Paul Lennon
Labor · 21 Mar 2004 to 26 May 2008
Average over 4 years in office: unemployment 6.2%, growth 4.9%, wages 4.1%, inflation 2.8%
Jim Bacon
Labor · 14 Sept 1998 to 21 Mar 2004
Average over 5 years in office: unemployment 9.0%, growth 2.9%, wages 3.0%, inflation 2.9%
Tony Rundle
Liberal · 18 Mar 1996 to 14 Sept 1998
Not in office on 30 June of any full financial year since 1998-99.
Averages use the financial years ending (30 June) while each leader was in office. They describe the state's economy at the time, not what any government caused.
Source: Premiers of Tasmania: list
Parliament of Tasmania · checked 21 October 2026

Statistics by year

Unemployment rate

Average of the 12 monthly rates in the financial year (seasonally adjusted; trend for the ACT and NT, which have no seasonally adjusted series).
2025-26
4.5%
Premier on 30 June: Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal)
2024-25
4.0%
Premier on 30 June: Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal)
2023-24
4.1%
Premier on 30 June: Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal)
2022-23
4.0%
Premier on 30 June: Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal)
2021-22
4.5%
Premier on 30 June: Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal)
2020-21
6.5%
Premier on 30 June: Peter Gutwein (Liberal)
2019-20
6.0%
Premier on 30 June: Peter Gutwein (Liberal)
2018-19
6.4%
Premier on 30 June: Will Hodgman (Liberal)
2017-18
5.9%
Premier on 30 June: Will Hodgman (Liberal)
2016-17
6.1%
Premier on 30 June: Will Hodgman (Liberal)
2015-16
6.5%
Premier on 30 June: Will Hodgman (Liberal)
2014-15
6.8%
Premier on 30 June: Will Hodgman (Liberal)
2013-14
7.7%
Premier on 30 June: Will Hodgman (Liberal)
2012-13
7.2%
Premier on 30 June: Lara Giddings (Labor)
2011-12
6.3%
Premier on 30 June: Lara Giddings (Labor)
2010-11
5.6%
Premier on 30 June: Lara Giddings (Labor)
2009-10
5.6%
Premier on 30 June: David Bartlett (Labor)
2008-09
4.6%
Premier on 30 June: David Bartlett (Labor)
2007-08
4.8%
Premier on 30 June: David Bartlett (Labor)
2006-07
5.6%
Premier on 30 June: Paul Lennon (Labor)
2005-06
6.5%
Premier on 30 June: Paul Lennon (Labor)
2004-05
6.1%
Premier on 30 June: Paul Lennon (Labor)
2003-04
6.7%
Premier on 30 June: Paul Lennon (Labor)
2002-03
8.6%
Premier on 30 June: Jim Bacon (Labor)
2001-02
8.9%
Premier on 30 June: Jim Bacon (Labor)
2000-01
8.8%
Premier on 30 June: Jim Bacon (Labor)
1999-00
8.7%
Premier on 30 June: Jim Bacon (Labor)
1998-99
9.9%
Premier on 30 June: Jim Bacon (Labor)
Source: Labour Force, Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics · checked 21 October 2026