Premier Peter Gutwein will provide an update on Wednesday in regards to Tasmania's AFL bid.
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The Premier has ramped up conversations with AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan in recent weeks after the AFL Commission requested up to another 12 months to assess the Tasmanian AFL taskforce's business plan.
Having spoken to Mr McLachlan for more than an hour last Friday, Mr Gutwein had been set to resume talks earlier this week as the pair attempt to reach a compromise on how soon Tasmania can find out when, or if, it can have its own team.
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In the meantime, the state government's talks with Hawthorn and North Melbourne are both on hold.
The two clubs are both in the final year of five-year deals to play home games in the state and are eager to strike new deals as soon as possible.
Hawks president Jeff Kennett, who is in the state with chief executive Justin Reeves, will meet with Mr Gutwein this week, while North Melbourne chairman Ben Buckley spoke at length about Tasmania's bid to SEN radio on Tuesday.
"We've always said as a club that we would support Tasmania's aspiration and ambition to have a team and we continue to do that," Buckley said.
"I think there's a lot of work that needs to be done in analysing whether a team can move there and be successful and I see the AFL and Tasmanian government are going to put together a report and a review in due course which would address a lot of those questions.
"I think it's important we work through the details of whether a team can be successful and whether that's a financially prudent thing for the AFL as an industry to make that decision sometime soon."
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A co-tenant with Hawthorn since 2012, North Melbourne has continued to strengthen its Tasmanian ties in recent years.
The Kangaroos' AFLW side has played at least one game in the state every year since 2019 and has six Tasmanians on its list in 2021, while a new partnership announced this year will see eight young Tasmanian footballers given the chance to line up for the club's VFL team.
Buckley said his club remained hopeful of securing another contract - transitional or not - but would not do so at the expense of the state getting its own team.
"We as a club would never do anything to stand in its way and we would happily continue to support football in Tassie where we can and the access to AFL games," Buckley said.
"If we need to do more to help grow the game at grassroots we would do so."