COAG to meet in Tasmania

Tasmania will host the next COAG meeting, the first one in the island state for nearly eight years.

The date of the next Council of Australian Governments meeting later this year has yet to be set, Premier Will Hodgman says.

"This is the first time a COAG meeting has been held in Tasmania for nearly eight years, and it will be a wonderful opportunity to keep the nation's spotlight firmly on our state," he said in a statement on Monday.