TasCOSS Resources Library

TasCOSS's 2024 Tasmanian State Election Priorities focusses on policy solutions and investments that address the immediate cost of living pressures Tasmanians are grappling with and ensure a well-resourced community services industry that can meet increasing levels of need and complexity in the community. These asks, if adopted, will also build…

A network of 24 community service organisations and advocates for pokies reform has united to seek commitments from parties and candidates to make poker machines safer for all consumers by fully implementing the universal, pre-commitment card and the introduction of safer machine design features, such as $1 bet limits and slower…

The incoming Tasmanian Government has a responsibility to build a strong community services industry that will serve the next generations of Tasmanians to keep them safe and well. This is all the more important in times of great uncertainty and challenge, as we are in now.

Tasmanian Family and Sexual Violence Alliance: A Coordinated, Collaborative Voice to Government on Family and Sexual Violence seeks funding for a Family and Sexual Violence Alliance to: streamline engagement between the Tasmanian Government and the family violence and sexual violence services sector; provide a joined-up perspective and policy advice on…

This federal election, TasCOSS is calling on all candidates and parties to commit to our priorities that, if enacted, will reduce poverty and inequality. The federal government must use its resources to address the hardship Tasmanians are facing and build a fairer and more sustainable future for all.

TasCOSS seeks to influence the Tasmanian Economic Regulator’s decisions in relation to both the retail electricity prices households will pay over the 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2028 regulatory period, and the delivery of affordable and competitively-priced electricity that will support households to maintain healthy homes and a decent…