Join TasCOSS for a post-budget webinar with Professor Richard Eccleston and Dr Robert Hortle (Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania).
The session will focus on Government spending and debt trajectory, the implications for the community services industry, and how well the Budget addresses key cost of living concerns. Richard and Robert will unpack the key budget announcements and provide an overview of what the Budget means for the industry.
There will be the opportunity to ask questions 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
Registration closes 5pm, Monday 25 May 2026. For more information, please contact the TasCOSS communications team via email.
Register to attend the upcoming Post-Budget Policy Conversation: Unpacking the Tasmanian Budget
Professor Richard Eccleston is recognised as one of Australia’s leading policy scholars who has worked with a wide range of government, industry and community partners. He has published on a wide range of topics and led solutions-focussed research tackling some of the most significant policy challenges facing Tasmania, including the future of work, housing affordability, tax reform, regional governance, and the transition to a zero-emissions future. Richard has been a Fulbright Senior Scholar based in Washington DC and was the Founding Director of the Institute for Social Change and the Tasmanian Policy Exchange at the University of Tasmania.
Richard is deeply engaged in public and community life. He is a member of the Premier’s Health and Wellbeing Advisory Council, the Climate Change Minister’s expert reference group and the Regional Jobs Hub community of policy and practice.
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 an Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy in International Development from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Robert 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.