Monthly Archives: August 2015
Submission to the 2015 Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry 2 Introduction VCOSS welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the 2015 re-opened
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VCOSS welcomes this Inquiry into the impact on Victorian Government Service Delivery of changes to National Partnership Agreements. Many non-government
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The Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU), in collaboration with Disability Advocacy Victoria (DAV) and the Victorian Council of Social Service
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A report from Carers Australia estimates that more than 1 in 8 Australians are providing informal care in 2015 and
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A first of its kind for the Victorian community sector, the RMIT-VCOSS PhD Scholarship aims to strengthen the community sector’s
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Australia needs to increase its investment in chronic disease prevention to reduce the burden of chronic disease on disadvantaged communities,
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People with disability should have the same right to use public transport as everyone else. VCOSS has had a long
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Australiasian Railways Association application for exemption from DSAPT. Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission
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Melbourne being named the world’s most liveable city by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the fifth year running fails to
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Report released by Australian Red Cross, Beyond the Blanket: The role of not-for-profits and non-traditional stakeholders in emergency management, confirms
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The Victorian Council of Social Service welcomes the Andrews Government’s long-term plan to improve the support service system for vulnerable
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Providing a quality education to all learners is widely acknowledged as being a key way of developing a strong and
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VCOSS believes that all Victorian children and young people, regardless of parental income or geographical location, have a right to
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VCOSS believes all Victorian children, young people and adult learners have the right to access a high quality education. We
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The VCOSS Submission to Melbourne Water’s Draft Flood Management Strategy warns that the social and economic context in which floods
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The VCOSS Submission to Melbourne Water’s Draft Flood Management Strategy warns that the social and economic context in which floods
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As community workers, advocates and policy makers, we are in the business of social transformation. We work to transform the
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Working closely with people in the community is one of the best ways to design services and programs that will
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Tiffany Overall, Convenor of Smart Justice for Young People, writes on how trialling a justice reinvestment approach could help tackle
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