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I just pray every day that we will be allowed to go outside of the suburb, just to get food.

VCOSS submission to the NDIS Support Coordination Discussion Paper

Victorians warn they’ll need to forego food and medicine with planned cuts to JobSeeker.

 Victorian Voices a special Facebook Live series brought to you in partnership with ABC Melbourne. This episode was aired

A monthly discussion forum to guide community organisations through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The REIV need to pull their heads in and retract this misguided, callous and dangerous directive.

Managing work, money, our health and legal rights during the pandemic.

Submission to Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability – Rights and Attitudes Issues Paper

We're teaming up with ABC Melbourne to help deliver important COVID-related information direct into communities.

Investing in the community services industry is smart. It’s an investment in the future for the wellbeing of all Victorians.

Victoria is currently experiencing disproportionately high rates of youth unemployment due to COVID-19 and this is expected to rise even

VCOSS submission to Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

I could see the doctors talking but couldn’t understand what they were saying. It was very isolating.

A monthly discussion forum to guide community organisations through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Submission to the Victorian Parliament’s PAEC Inquiry into Victoria’s Response to COVID-19

If we're not bold enough to do what's required now, will we ever be?

The jury is in. Victorians want more public and community housing.

"If I'd been in a private high-rise block, there is no way known they could have got away with it."

VCOSS Submission to the Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor Family violence causes serious social, economic and health consequences. While it

“We’re all in this together” goes the spin. But we’re not. Differential disadvantage means low-income people suffer more, for longer.

To support low-income Victorians through this crisis, regulatory changes must be accompanied by a combination of targeted financial support and

Jinghua Qian turned freelance. A week later, COVID-19 shut down the country.

A high-quality post-secondary education and training system is a corner stone for social and economic inclusion.

If authorities are forced to impose localised 'hard lockdowns' again, how should they do it better?

"Thousands of masked faces on the street in the middle of a pandemic, thousands of voices chanting, 'bla(c)k lives matter'."

The pandemic is far from over. So the Commonwealth's financial supports must continue.

This is public health decision, and we don't quibble with that. But we need to get this right.

A monthly discussion forum to guide community organisations through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction The Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Long Service Benefits