Hawthorn already plays four games a year in Launceston, while the Kangaroos and the AFL have been in negotiations with the Government since late last year to play two home matches each year at Bellerieve Oval from 2012.
Cricket Tasmania is pushing for a quick decision, with Premier Lara Giddings expected to discuss the financially-sensitive issue in cabinet shortly.
"We support AFL football being played in Tasmania, and ultimately now it rests with the Tasmanian Government to step up to the plate," Demetriou said at the National Press Club in Canberra.
"It's where it sits and there's a new Premier there now, I think she understands that everyone is pulling in the same direction.
"I'm hoping that the Premier and the Government step up to the plate because this is like our third time we've been to see the Government about getting football played in Hobart."
Demetriou continues to see Tasmania at the most likely home for a 19th AFL club, but does not know when that will be.
The AFL has no immediate plans to add any further sides, having already expanded to 18 clubs when Greater Western Sydney joins the competition next year.
"You can never say never," Demetriou said on the prospect of a side in Tasmania.
"I guess if there's another club ever to appear as the 19th club, they (Tasmania) would appear to be the most logical place to put that club, because they're a state rich in history of AFL football.
"What timeframe that is, I don't know."
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