City of Launceston Councillors made a series of important decisions at our recent Council Meeting that support the delivery of our Strategic Plan 2025-35 and shape the future of our city.
Our shared vision for Launceston is a liveable, inclusive, sustainable city that’s confident in its future, and turning that vision into reality requires practical action.
Housing remains one of the most pressing challenges facing our community, and Council progressed several key initiatives this week.
Launceston City Mission Community Service PrecinctCouncillors approved the development of 48 social and affordable dwellings in the heart of the city, integrated with health services, food relief and community support. This project strengthens social infrastructure while improving housing access for those who need it most.
Housing Tasmania Subdivision - Kings MeadowsCouncillors approved a 106-lot subdivision at 12 Techno Park Drive. Expanding land supply is critical to supporting population growth, workforce participation and long-term economic resilience across Northern Tasmania.
RSL Tasmania Veteran Acute Housing InitiativeCouncil endorsed support for short-term accommodation and coordinated support pathways for veterans experiencing housing instability. A liveable city is one that protects its most vulnerable and honours service and sacrifice.
These decisions directly support our Strategic Plan priorities: building strong communities, enabling sustainable growth, supporting economic prosperity and delivering responsible governance.
Councillors also considered Electoral Reform legislation and received updated Status Reports on Council Decisions & Notices of Motion, demonstrating steady progress across:
• Financial governance & budget management
• Flood mitigation strategy development
• Clean air & environmental health initiatives
• Inclusion Action Plan preparation
• Strategic property & land review
• Cultural infrastructure delivery
• Major public art investment
Our Strategic Plan 2025–35 is not a document that sits on a shelf - it guides every resolution, investment and reform we undertake.
Launceston is growing, and the Council’s responsibility is to ensure that growth is balanced: socially inclusive, economically sustainable and environmentally responsible.
We thank our Councillors for their leadership as we work together to deliver long-term outcomes for our community.
ENDNOTE: Perhaps management should be thanking the elected reprsentives for their COMPLIANCE and their ABDICATION from their 'repesentive role' as they blend governance management and thus can claim more power and the wherewithall that is delivered as salaries etc. for self-service and for keeping ratepayers at bay.
HOWEVER: It is just the case that this STRATEGIC PLAN does NOT articulate, and unequivocally, its overarching PURPOSE for being and consequently there is nothing to assess outcomes against and consequently nothing of substance against which to reframe the plan in the context of its shortcomings.
“A strategy is not permanent. It’s like water, it will keep changing itself as the obstacles come.” ― Pooja Agnihotri, 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
“A good strategic approach transforms limited resources into maximum results.” ― Wayne Chirisa
“People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete - the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.” ―
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