The Greens welcome the government taking up our calls for an emergency injection of funding to community services organisations supporting Tasmanians doing it tough.
Tasmanians are struggling with the cost of living, and the conflict in the Middle East are driving fuel prices ever higher. Community Service Peaks rallied to plea for more funds.
The Greens stand in solidarity with a coalition of 20 community service organisation peak bodies, who came together to call for increased funding ahead of this year’s State Budget.
The war in Iran is hitting home for Tasmanians, with price rises already putting pressure on people – and community service organisations are on the frontline.
Minister, can you explain why the funding was cut and whether the government will commit to refunding this program in the future?
Given that the increased indexation was an election commitment, what does that mean for indexation going forward? Will it end at the end of 2027‑28?
I'd like to turn to the community support levy, which is the levy collected from the gambling industry, and 25 per cent of it is for the benefit of charitable organisations...
That's cuts in the funding, the reduced funding. Why are we looking at cuts over the forward Estimates in the community sector? What are you planning to cut?
A lot of those are really important and given the positive impacts of these for health and wellbeing, are we already paying a lot for preventable diseases and illnesses through our
The Wings Wildlife Park received $300,000. That grant is being administered through Communities Tasmania. What is that significant allocation to Wings Wildlife Park about because