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Tasmania's pitch to boost population numbers

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The Tasmanian government has outlined a plan it hopes will encourage more young people to stay on the island, and entice others from the mainland and overseas to move there. The state has the oldest median age in the nation at 42 - which is four years older than the national median.
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