News and Stories
Elder Abuse Prevention Strategy
The Public Trustee supports Respect and Protect Older Tasmanians: Tasmania’s Elder Abuse Prevention Strategy 2019-2022. A new strategy has been released for 2023 – 2029)…
Partnering with Palliative Care Tasmania
The 2020 Tasmanian Palliative Care Awards have officially launched and are looking for nominees. This is the only state-wide award to honour and recognise those…
Palliative Care Awards: The Winners
Palliative Care Tasmania is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Tasmanian Palliative Care Awards. Her Excellency, the Honourable Professor Kate Warner Governor of…
Dying without a Will
We all like to think that by the time we die, we will be well and truly prepared. However, unfortunately this is often not the…
A Will for all your life stages
Most people would agree that having a Will is an important document to have in place, but not high on the list of fun things…
Our Hobart office has been refurbished
Trustee House in Murray Street Hobart was purpose-built for the Public Trustee in 1989. Since that time we’ve made some minor alterations, but it was…
New Chair for Public Trustee Board
Mr Mark Scanlon has been appointed as the new Chair of the Public Trustee for a three year term. Mark has over 30 years senior…
150th Anniversary: Unsealing Time Capsule
On the 29th of August 2003, we celebrated our 150th anniversary by sealing a unique time capsule that is located at our Hobart office. The…
Estate planning – Want to know more?
Our planning ahead guide gives you a head start on what you should know about estate planning and executor duties. This guide is not intended to…