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I believe so. Tasmania has their own accents, weather, economical basis and structure, people, wildlife, and land. TAS has an alright economy too which is running smoothly currently. I see bright future for it. Hobart keeps being built up more and more.
New Zealand would join Australia before long before Tasmania would ever leave.
Australia is already a province of NZ
As for Tasmania, its a world emerging power with the 4th largest Navy in the world including 3 Nimitz class aircraft carriers, I believe its inevitable Tasmania will seek independence or simply invade the mainland.
The OP seems serious and genuine.
I haven't heard of much push or sentiment for it.
They don't seem to have that raw boorish parochialism with deep seated resentment, that you would expect to ignite such a motion.
It has a small population (less than the Gold Coast or Newcastle), and a small economy that relies heavily on tourism from the mainland.
More chance of WA seceding, or North Queensland becoming a new state.
What about Queensland, with all that weather and those accents. For that matter, WA. They have a distinctive accent and weather. And SA and Vic, and...
I'm sure Bob Brown & Co would love it... A little green utopia. The only problem is who would pay for their welfare while they all sit around in circles contemplating their navels?
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