Author Archives: VCOSS
"The pandemic has made bold interventions a necessity, and the government isn't missing its shot."
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For a brief moment, and for a lucky few, we eradicated poverty. Now we're letting people slip back below the
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Although COVID-19 has been devastating, it has given Meena chance to pause and map out where she wants to take
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Mandy Weber and her two teenage daughters face the prospect of homelessness for a sixth time once the JobSeeker Coronavirus
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John Doutch isn’t too fussed by the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. “Us oldies, if I could put it that way, are
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“No one should have to be making choices between food and bills, medication and bills. But we are."
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Fear of COVID-19 has changed a lot of things in Ruth Skewes' life, but some things are too important to
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Bayu Pratama has been no stranger to racism since arriving in Australia from Jakarta eight years ago.
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A monthly discussion forum to guide community organisations through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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We're teaming up with ABC Melbourne to help deliver important COVID-related information direct into communities.
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"If I'd been in a private high-rise block, there is no way known they could have got away with it."
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"Thousands of masked faces on the street in the middle of a pandemic, thousands of voices chanting, 'bla(c)k lives matter'."
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It will be a long time before I, and many other disabled people, feel that we can live our lives
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Every day after treatment, I would drop my father off and drive to my daughter’s house for a special window-visit.
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"Congestion charges are unfair at the best of times, and these are not the best of times."
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Community organisations play such an important role for our communities during emergencies.
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BY TALISHA OHANESSIAN When most of us think public education we think free education. This idea, after all, is a cornerstone of a
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Victorians are preparing for a series of price hikes and cost changes that take effect on 1 January 2020.
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