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Australia's smaller states have thrived during the pandemic with Tasmania regarded as having the nation's strongest economy now for almost two years.
The island state has topped CommSec's State of the States league table since mid-2020, and now has Australia's strongest retail spending despite the Omicron surge.
Tasmania was also No. 1 for equipment investment and new home building in the January report.
Australia's smaller states have thrived during the pandemic with Tasmania regarded as having the nation's strongest economy now for almost two years. The island state has topped CommSec's State of the States January 2022 league table since mid-2020, and now has Australia's strongest retail spending despite the Omicron surge (pictured is Hobart)
CommSec economists Craig James and Ryan Felsman have deemed it to be Australia's strongest economy during the Covid pandemic, as it was during the Global Financial Crisis in
