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On Thursday 6 November 2025, Treasurer, the Hon Eric Abetz MP, handed down the interim Budget. Read TasCOSS’s and the Tasmanian Coalition of Community Service Peaks’ interim Budget responses.

This interim Budget was at its core simply a vehicle for the Government to bide time — a repeat of what we saw in May — but this time with a thinly veiled warning of the need to find savings and efficiencies.

Tasmanians and our economy continue to miss out on the social and economic benefits of using digital technologies effectively, because they can’t access, can’t afford or don’t have the necessary skills to navigate the online world.

The 2025 TasCOSS Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at 2pm, Thursday 30 October 2025. Read more about agenda items of note, including the President and Treasurer’s report and the 2024/25 Annual Report.

After receiving member concerns about the 2026/27 Pre-Budget Consultation timeline and Treasury’s online budget submission form, TasCOSS raised these issues directly with Treasurer Abetz and Minister Ogilvie. Following our request for an extension, the Treasurer’s office has confirmed that the submission deadline will be extended to Sunday 7 December 2025.

The number of Australians living in poverty has swelled to one-in-seven people, representing 81,500 Tasmanians, according to a new ACOSS and UNSW Poverty & Inequality in Australia report released to mark Anti-Poverty Week.

As Tasmania marks two years since the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse handed down its final report, TasCOSS are urging the Tasmanian Government to stay the course and deliver on key reforms.

TasCOSS, in collaboration with Disability Voices Tasmania, has released new disability and housing indicators on the Tasmania’s State of Housing Dashboard, which highlight the fact that the housing needs of Tasmanians with disability are not being met.