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ACOSS's proposed Health Impact Analysis and Advocacy for Accelerating Home Energy Upgrades Project will address a significant knowledge gap, at both the national and state level, regarding the health impacts of poor energy performing homes, compared to good energy performing homes, on consumers and government budgets. ACOSS is ideally placed…

TasCOSS welcome this Parliamentary inquiry as an opportunity to reflect on and acknowledge progress already made as part of the Tasmanian Government’s project to implement the recommendations, a comprehensive program of system-wide reform to improve the way agencies respond to — and protect Tasmanian children and young people from —…

TasCOSS is extremely concerned about the potential impact of the Police Offences Amendment (Knives and Other Weapons) Bill 2025 on the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We do not believe there is sufficient evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of 'wanding' in other jurisdictions to justify the introduction of…

A comprehensive research study was convened by the Workforce Coordination Project, a funded project of Skills Tasmania, which examined the unique dynamics and obstacles faced by Tasmania’s care workforce across aged care, disability, education and care, and social services during 2022-24. The purpose of the study was to understand how…

In general, TasCOSS supports the development and implementation of a consolidated act which does not expand on any existing police powers. If powers are to be expanded, we recommend the Tasmanian Government first commit to extensive consultation and research into the need for, and potential impact of, these changes. Our…