A is for Apple Isle’s low literacy

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released figures showing that Tasmanian adults have the lowest literacy and numeracy skills in the country. Tasmania’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry has issued a call to all society to help the state raise the skill level of their population. 

Damon Thomas, the Chamber’s CEO, emphasises the importance of having basic skills. "It's not just a problem for government, it's going to require some very careful message giving, some very careful skills education—not on education itself but the benefits of education," he say. “We have a great advantage here that we're not fighting a government that simply says there's no problem, go away."