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Based on feedback from TasCOSS Members and conversations with Tasmanian community members, leaders in the community services industry, and on evidence of what works to reduce poverty and increase wellbeing, TasCOSS’s 2025 Tasmanian Election Priorities statement focusses on industry sustainability and proposes a number of evidence-informed recommendations that better target government spending to improve the wellbeing of Tasmanians.

TasCOSS makes a series of recommendations aimed at ensuring the Tasmanian Government ‘gets the basics right,’ so that every Tasmanian has the chance to live a good life. This submission covers five critically important areas: collective wellbeing and promoting a lived experience voice; preventive health; safe, secure and affordable housing;…

TasCOSS makes a series of key recommendations to embed changes to community organisations aimed at supporting industry sustainability. The proposals are based on key themes which have emerged during our current work alongside the Department of Premier and Cabinet in the Commission of Inquiry Reform Implementation Project: responding to increased…

So much of what we do daily relies on an internet connection and the skills to navigate the web, but those who face barriers to digital inclusion risk falling further behind. The digital economy delivers huge social and economic benefits, however those benefits are not being equally shared. Tasmania is…

Tasmania is experiencing an unprecedented housing crisis that demands immediate and sustained government intervention. ‘Nowhere to Go:’ Fixing Tasmania’s Broken Housing System calls on the Government to prioritise social housing development as an essential investment for all Tasmanians, strengthen protections for renters, and slow the growth of short-stay accommodation, especially in regional areas.

TasCOSS asserts in A Partnership Approach to a Healthier Future for Tasmania that Tasmania’s 20 year Preventive Health Strategy ‘(the Strategy)’ represents a landmark opportunity to transform health outcomes for all Tasmanians. Looking beyond health system interventions, truly effective prevention focusses on what drives health outcomes: the social, economic and environmental conditions in which…