Further progress on Tasmania’s first Wellbeing Framework

Tasmania’s first Wellbeing Framework will take another important step forward, with community consultation to commence in early July 2022.

The consultation will follow the release of a discussion paper currently being prepared with input from the University of Tasmania, with community roundtables to be held across the State that Tasmanians can register their interest in attending from today.

Wellbeing is important to all Tasmanians, which is why our Government released the

State’s first Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, to give our young people the best chance in their early years.

It’s also why we announced we will take the next step to develop a broader Wellbeing Framework, to ensure Tasmanians wellbeing priorities are Government priorities, supported by the right targets, measures, policies and services.

Wellbeing can mean different things to different people, and having a set of wellbeing indicators will help prioritise where we need to invest more of our time, energy and creativity to make a real difference to Tasmanians who currently aren’t sharing in the benefits of our prosperity in the way they should.

Putting wellbeing at the heart of our approach will also lead to improved whole-of-government consideration of complex issues, and ensure a cross-agency approach is taken when developing policy and service delivery proposals.

The Wellbeing Framework will provide high-level indicator outcomes for our State, broad enough to encompass the various different facets of wellbeing, but specific enough that we can track progress, and make policy or investment decisions that take into account the insights gained.

Importantly, measuring those factors that drive the wellbeing of Tasmanians will help us to evaluate policy and programs and guide future policy design and decision making and ensure these are being given the best chance of providing outcomes.

I encourage anyone interested in attending and adding their input to register at www.dpac.tas.gov.au, and I look forward to seeing the positive discussions that result, which will further ensure Tasmanians wellbeing priorities continue to be our priories into the future.