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The 20-Year Preventive Health Strategy (2026-46) is a once in a generation opportunity to do things differently, embedding a preventive approach in how we define a healthy Tasmania and provide the necessary systems and funding to facilitate this change. We see a Tasmania where our people can expect to experience…

There is a need for significant, long-term investment in a range of programs to support digital skills and literacy. This includes better resourcing libraries, Online Access Centres and Neighbourhood Houses that perform vital roles in supporting digital inclusion, such as providing Wi-Fi facilities, computers, printing, digital skills classes and one-on-one advice and…

TasCOSS believes that a truly effective 20-Year Preventive Health Strategy must move beyond a focus on individual behaviors to instead address the social, economic, structural, environmental and legal drivers of health inequities. By addressing these determinants and the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, we…

In a open letter, co-signed by the Tenants’ Union of Tasmania, Community Legal Centres Tasmania, Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania, Multicultural Council of Tasmania, Shelter Tasmania and Unions Tasmania, TasCOSS offer support for the proposed amendment which will ensure that employees working in primary production whose accommodation is conditional on their employment…

TasCOSS recommends including health literacy and digital literacy in the new Adult Literacy Strategy, as two key aspects of adult literacy. We also propose the Tasmanian Government coordinate with the Tasmanian Department of Health and other departments to ensure that the new Strategy is compatible with and provides support to…