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A Social Inclusion Strategy for Tasmania

The Social Inclusion Unit has been supporting Social Inclusion Commissioner Prof. David Adams, to develop a social inclusion strategy for Tasmania.

Prof. Adams released his Social Inclusion Strategy for Tasmania report on 21 September 2009. Find out more about the report.

Premier David Bartlett responded to the report on 20 October 2009. Find out more about the response.

Social Inclusion Strategy for Tasmania report

Prof. Adams's report summarises research and evidence relevant to Tasmania about social inclusion, and sets out 10 strategies for action.

The strategies and associated proposed actions are about getting the basics right, early intervention and prevention, and structural change.

At the core of the approach suggested in the report is the importance of shifting from a deficit to an assets model for people and places:

promoting enterprise solutions to build capacity and sustainability for groups and places
devolving responsibility locally as much as possible through a focus on place management
supporting families in communities to have greater choice and responsibility over their futures
changing the way government works.

The evidence provided in the report comes from a range of sources including responses to the Social Inclusion Consultation Paper, community forums, research by the Stronger Communities Taskforce, the State Government’s Social Inclusion Unit and the Australian Social Inclusion Board, a number of Tasmanian community-based organisations and international research.

The report is available for download as a series of PDFs:

A Social Inclusion Strategy for Tasmania report (PDF, 1MB)
Appendix 1 - The evidence for social inclusion (PDF, 3MB)
Appendix 2 - Report on the Social Inclusion Consultation (PDF, 718KB)
Appendix 3 - Measuring progress for social inclusion (PDF, 982KB)
Appendix 4 - Terms of reference for boards of governance (PDF, 328KB)
Appendix 5 - Collaborative federalism and social inclusion (PDF, 564KB)
Bibliography (PDF, 605KB)

The report is also available as a series of Word documents:

A Social Inclusion Strategy for Tasmania report (MS Word, 510KB)
Appendix 1 - The evidence for social inclusion (MS Word, 4.4MB)
Appendix 2 - Report on the Social Inclusion Consultation (MS Word, 196KB)
Appendix 3 - Measuring progress for social inclusion (MS Word, 445KB)
Appendix 4 - Terms of reference for boards of governance (MS Word, 66KB)
Appendix 5 - Collaborative federalism and social inclusion (MS Word, 251KB)
Bibliography (MS Word, 510KB)

Tasmanian Government's response to A Social Inclusion Strategy for Tasmania

Premier David Bartlett released the Tasmanian Government's preliminary response to A Social Inclusion Strategy for Tasmania on 19 October 2009.

The preliminary response details examples of current action against each of the 10 strategies proposed by Prof. Adams and outlines new action against initial priorities:

meeting the basics through food security and investing in micro-finance
increasing the capacity of individuals and organisations through micro-credit and the development of social enterprise in Tasmania
building supportive networks and community capacity through social infrastructure community grants.

The Government's response includes -

A $5 million Community Development Finance Fund incorporating:

a $1 million Micro-credit Fund
a $1 million Micro-finance Fund
a $3 million Social Enterprise Loan Fund.

A Tasmanian Food Security Council which will hold in trust a $1 million Food Security Fund.

A $1 million Communtiy Capacity Building Grants program will provide support for projects that progress one or more of the strategies in A Social Inclusion Strategy for Tasmania.

An investment of $750 000 will be used to establish 11 Social Inclusion Community Liaison Officers.

An additional $500 000 will be provided to the Tasmanian Transport Trust Cars for Communities program in 2009-10.

The response is available for download as a PDF:

A Social Inclusion Strategy for Tasmania: Preliminary Response (PDF, 1.2MB)

The response is also available for download as a Word document:

A Social Inclusion Strategy for Tasmania: Preliminary Response (MS Word, 6.3MB)