A coalition of community service organisations and justice advocates have united to seek commitments from parties and candidates that respond to the urgent and ongoing safety concerns identified by the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings.

TasCOSS’s 2024 Tasmanian State Election Priorities focusses on policy solutions and investments across six key areas that will provide Tasmanians with much-needed, targeted cost of living relief, and ensure a well-resourced community services industry that can meet increasing levels of need and complexity in the community.

More investment is needed to address both immediate need and ensure a food secure Tasmania into the future. The Tasmanian Food Security Coalition looks forward to working with the incoming Tasmanian Government to support all Tasmanians to be able to eat fresh, local and nutritious food every day.

Last year, the Commonwealth Government passed laws that limit the ability of organisations to employ people on extended fixed-term contracts. It is important that community service organisations fully understand the implications of the changes and where as employers we must act to comply with the new laws.

Delays to reforms risk doing more damage, write Adrienne Picone and Patrick Burton.

All Tasmanians deserve to feel safe and supported in their families and communities.  

A growing economy is not enough to life people out of poverty, writes Dr Charlie Burton.

On Tuesday 9 May 2023, the Treasurer, the Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP, handed down the latest Federal Budget. Read TasCOSS’s reaction and responses from across the community services industry.