The current fuel security challenge is creating real and immediate pressures for community service organisations across Tasmania. While the full extent of the disruption is still unfolding, it’s clear organisations will need the support of Government, along with adaptable, staged contingency plans to maintain essential services and protect the wellbeing of staff and clients.

My children and I are normal, ‘whole’ people in this community, but we have been homeless for a year, writes Angela Finch.

Tasmania’s Coalition of Community Service Peaks came together in an unprecedented show of unity today, launching a coordinated campaign urging the Government to deliver the increased funding and long-term investment needed to protect the wellbeing of all Tasmanians.

Ahead of International Women’s Day (8 March), TasCOSS is officially opening expressions of interest for this year’s Changemakers Community Leaders Program.

The Government must work alongside the local government sector to strengthen its regulatory response to short-stay accommodation in Tasmania, or risk more Tasmanians being excluded from the already stretched private rental market, new data shows. TasCOSS, in collaboration with the Local Government of Tasmania (LGAT), has released new short-stay accommodation indicators on the Tasmania’s State of Housing Dashboard, which quantify the rapid growth of the under-regulated short-stay market over the past decade.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) is reviewing the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services (SCHADS) Industry Award 2010 to address gender-based undervaluation. TasCOSS is working with the COSS Network to support a coordinated industry response and invites organisations to have their say in the next round of consultation.