HumanAbility is establishing a Tasmanian Workforce Network to strengthen cross sector collaboration and ensure Tasmania has a strong voice in national workforce planning.
The Network brings together stakeholders from aged care and disability services, children’s education and care, health, human services, and sport and recreation and builds on the strong, existing stakeholder networks already operating across the state.
The Tasmanian Workforce Network will convene twice each year in different locations across Tasmania and provide a practical, collaborative forum for information sharing, consultation, and discussion of workforce priorities.
Why this Network matters
Tasmania faces distinct workforce challenges and opportunities, including demographic change, growing demand for care and services, and the need to prepare future workers through schools, VET, and training pathways.
This Network creates space for:
- Cross sector collaboration on shared workforce issues
- Consultation on state and national workforce planning priorities
- Identification of Tasmania specific skills and training needs
- Informal connection and relationship building across sectors
Insights from the Network will inform HumanAbility’s national workforce planning and support more responsive policy and training outcomes for Tasmania.
How the Network operates
The Tasmanian Workforce Network is open to stakeholders responsible for attracting, recruiting, training and retaining workers across our sectors.
The Network will meet face to face twice per year and include:
- A facilitated agenda shaped by sector priorities
- Updates on relevant state and national developments
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Targeted consultation on workforce issues
- Dedicated time for informal collaboration and networking
Upcoming events
The first meeting of the Tasmanian Workforce Network was held on Thursday 5 March 2026 in Hobart, bringing together stakeholders from across industry, government and the training sector to discuss workforce priorities for Tasmania.
The inaugural meeting focused on building pathways for the future workforce, including discussion on national workforce priorities and consultation led by HumanAbility, with a focus on Earn While You Learn. The session also explored pathways through schools and VET, workforce data and projections, and youth strategy priorities, with a strong emphasis on industry readiness in the Tasmanian context.
The Tasmanian Workforce Network will continue to convene to support collaboration and consultation across sectors as workforce planning and skills development priorities evolve.
To receive updates about the Tasmanian Workforce Network, including future meetings and consultation opportunities, please register your details via the link below.
Register for updates
Steering Committee
A dedicated Steering Committee has been established with representatives from peak bodies, unions, employers, training providers and government across the sector.
The Steering Committee provides strategic guidance and supports the success of the Network by:
- Agreeing the focus, communications and promotion of the Network
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Providing input to agendas and priority topics
- Supporting engagement across sector networks
- Advising on suitable locations and venues
- Contributing to discussion and facilitation at Network meetings
Members
- Annette Barwick, Gowrie Tasmania
- Bec Kuhar, TAFE Tasmania
- Bronwyn Tillbury, TasCoss
- Cathy Limb, NDS
- Danielle Morgan, TasTafe
- Erica Ramage, Ageing Australia
- Danni Campbell-Manley, ACCPA
- Glen McNeill, Tasmania Academy of Leadership and Sport
- Leanne Wallace, Skills Tasmania
- Rebecca Thomas, DECYP Tasmania
- Robbie Moore, HACSU Tasmania
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