*** Registration for this event is now open. To RSVP, please complete the short form below. ***
Want to learn more about the implications of the interim Budget and better understand where the dollars are going?
In this post-budget online information session, TasCOSS CEO, Adrienne Picone, will present an overview of what’s in the Budget, funding priority areas and gaps, and the impact on community services. Attendees will then have the opportunity to hear from Dr Robert Hortle (Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania), who will speak about spending trends and explore policy solutions that address both the underlying budget pressures and the needs of the community services industry.
There will be the opportunity to ask questions and share reflections following the presentations. If you have any budget-related questions you’d like answered, please send them through to Stephen Durney, Senior Policy Officer, via email.
TasCOSS Members: Free Admission
Details on how to join the Microsoft Teams session will be distributed following registration.
Registration closes 5pm, Thursday 6 November 2025. For more information, please contact Cameron Allen, Communications Officer, via email.
*New* End-of-Year Industry Gathering with the Hon Madeleine Ogilvie MP, Minister for Community and Multicultural Affairs
Join us for an end-of-year industry gathering to reflect and celebrate the contributions of the community services industry in 2025 at AURA Hobart on Wednesday 26 November. Find out more and register now!
Register to attend the upcoming TasCOSS 2025/26 Interim Tasmanian Budget Information Session
Dr Robert Hortle is a skilled consultant and researcher with over ten years’ experience in international development, academia and consultancy in the United Kingdom, Australia and the Pacific. He holds a MPhil and DPhil in International Development from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Rob has a strong record of managing high quality, impactful research and evaluation projects for a range of high profile clients.
Since returning home to Tasmania and joining the Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania in 2023, Rob has provided commentary on Tasmanian elections, led work on child safety and hosted an Island of Ideas public talk on democracy in Tasmania. He is Co-Secretary for the Rhodes Scholarship in Tasmania and Tasmanian Convenor of the Electoral Regulation Research Network.