Region: Australia

A trial of Community Based Income in Tasmania: building mental wealth

Petition is addressed to
Parliament of Australia

65 Signatures

13 %
500 for collection target

65 Signatures

13 %
500 for collection target
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Petition addressed to: Parliament of Australia

We request the Federal Government fund a trial of Community Based Income (a liveable wage paid in return for education, training, caring duties, and/or assisting with a community project) in North-West Tasmania.

Reason

Getting funding for this trial is important for four reasons: the problem of unemployment and under-employment (including the problem of automation taking jobs), financial insecurity (including the rising costs of living), a welfare system that needs to be reformed to be more effective in helping those with barriers to employment, and there is a massive amount of community projects currently not being done for which the CBI could be utilised, enhancing participation and prosperity; empowering individuals, reducing financial distress and injecting life into a wide range of community projects which would improve lives and build capacity. We aim to build mental wealth, where building individual skills can help the broader community, reduce crime rates, decrease health costs, improve educational levels and so on.

Thank you so much for your support, Live Well Tasmania, Wynyard
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Petition details

Petition started: 09/17/2025
Collection ends: 03/16/2026, 23:59 GMT+11
Region: Australia
Topic: Welfare

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Why people sign

Improving the local economy by minimising economic leakage will benefit local people which is important in a cost of living crisis.

We need to refund the state policy

Create opportunity, reduce inequality and acknowledge the unpaid work that keeps our communities ticking over

A community-based income trial in northern Tasmania deserves strong support because it could be a step towards unlocking diverse forms of community participation that our current economic system often overlooks or undervalues. When people have some support towards basic financial security, they gain the freedom to explore what is meaningful to them and contribute to their communities in ways that matter most to them.

I've long been a supporter of this concept.

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