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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.

The Tasmanian Election has been called for Saturday 19 July 2025 and election campaigning is in full swing. TasCOSS encourages you to participate by lobbying local candidates and political parties on the issues you or your organisation think are important.

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…