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

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.