Budget

Many communities across the Latrobe Valley, and Morwell in particular, have suffered from severe social and health disadvantage for many

VCOSS welcomes the 2016 Victorian Budget’s focus on diverting disadvantaged people away from the justice system and addressing the underlying

This 2016 Victorian Budget funds a number of large scale transport projects and procurements, which provides a long-term pipeline of

Summary The 2016 Victorian Budget features substantial investment in supporting the wellbeing of vulnerable children and families. Many of these

  Summary Good health underpins everyone’s ability to live a good life. VCOSS is encouraged the 2016 Victorian Budget includes significant

Summary The 2016 Victorian Budget includes considerable investment in housing and homelessness in response to the Family Violence Royal Commission, in

The decline in real funding for community organisations continues, while funding for community sector wage rises incurred as a result

The NDIS is a chance to improve the lives of people with disability, however, is a major change in the

Summary The 2016-17 Victorian Budget has prioritised investment in education, with substantial infrastructure funding provided to build and upgrade schools,

Summary The Family Violence Royal Commission report was a landmark moment and a turning point in addressing the scourge of

The VCOSS 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture outlines a number ways the Victorian government can

The Victorian Council of Social Service has said the report delivered by the Royal Commission into Family Violence is “a

The latest Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) National Report 2015 shows the gap between developmentally vulnerable children in the most

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. It puts forward a proposal to

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. It puts forward a proposal to

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission Putting People back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the

VCOSS is calling on the Victorian Government to take a new approach to solve entrenched disadvantage, and allow local communities

Lower income Victorian households would be dramatically worse off under proposed changes to the GST, and the State Government should

The severe adverse effects of 2014-15 Federal Budget cuts on Aboriginal people and services have been highlighted by the federal

Cuts to the community sector locked in by the recent federal budget will put at risk the substantial economic and