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VCOSS media releases and public statements. media@vcoss.org.au 0418 127 153
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We're helping train young job seekers for long and rewarding careers in Victoria’s booming community sector.
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Default pricing is a significant and very justified intervention in the Victorian energy market.
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This is a budget which largely delivers the policy platform Labor took to the state election.
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Kate Colvin from Council to Homeless Persons shares budget priorities that can help thousands of Victorians facing homelessness.
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All kids in Victoria should be able to get to school, wherever they live and whatever their families’ circumstances.
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Victorian energy retailers are attempting to block power users from getting a fairer priced deal, the state's peak social advocacy
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Victoria doesn’t have to settle for the title of Australia’s most progressive state. We can be Australia’s fairest state, too.
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VCOSS is urging the State Government to take significant steps to ease the financial burden for school families.
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People living across regional Victorian have the same stake in our democracy as people living in Melbourne.
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There’s a well established link between poverty and poor oral health. No child should be ashamed to smile or scared
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VCOSS and NATSEM analysis reveals there is not a single pocket of Victoria that is poverty free
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The healthcare sector could be a great ally in providing guidance and support to people battling to afford adequate energy.
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We welcome a political tussle over which party will do the most to get Victorians the best possible power deal.
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The Victorian Council of Social Service is hailing plans for a Royal Commission into Mental Health as a landmark step
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Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has welcomed Victorian Labor’s pledge to build 1,000 new public housing units if re-elected.
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Victoria needs an ambitious social housing building program to provide a roof to those most in need.
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VCOSS & FSSI MEDIA RELEASE Victoria has a window of opportunity to put itself ahead of the game in building
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All school-age children should be able to play sport however simply making PE compulsory isn’t the right response.
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The real issue isn’t intergenerational welfare dependency, it’s intergenerational disadvantage.
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This is a horror show with no single villain. Many players bear the blame for high prices.
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All workers have a right to feel safe at work. But mandatory sentencing is not the answer.
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Victorian teachers, students, principals, schools and community workers are launching a campaign to make inclusive education a top-tier election issue.
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