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An Auditor General report released today on Education Transitions found that while the Department of Education and Training (DET) has
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Today’s report by the Auditor General provides further evidence to support VCOSS’ call for better ‘middle years’ transition planning for
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Closing the Gap in health and social outcomes for Aboriginal Victorians will require strong partnerships throughout the community and must
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With a shocking increase in the number Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care in Victoria, VCOSS supports
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Calling for the Victorian state government to invest in shifting power to local governments and communities in emergency management planning,
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Moving vulnerable children out of residential care and into home-based care is a welcome approach to strengthen therapeutic care and
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The VCOSS 2015-16 state budget submission, Building a Victoria without poverty, sets out 12 immediate spending priority areas for this
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Forty years since women earned the right to equal pay for equal work, it is a poor reflection on Australia
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A new guide, prepared by Berry Street, aims to help the community and community service organisations respond effectively to emergencies
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In this guest blog, Dr Monica Thielking, Research Fellow at Swinburne University, takes us through the recently released report, The
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The community sector has an important role to play in reducing smoking rates among disadvantaged Victorians. In this guest blog
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The Welfare Review Report released yesterday outlines the biggest reform to Australia's social security system proposed in decades. In this
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The commencement of the Royal Commission and the increased support for organisations to be able to cope with increased demand
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Today’s Productivity Commission report on Childcare and Early Learning contains positive recommendations about increasing access to early childhood education for
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This week the Victorian Auditor General’s Office (VAGO) tabled a much anticipated audit into Additional School Costs for Families. Its
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With the weather heating up significantly across Victoria this week and weekend, we are reminded of the need to ensure
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Moves to strengthen investment in Victoria’s out-of-home care system will help to address an urgent need to secure the safety
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Figures in the most recent volume of the Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services show that cost is already causing
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VCOSS welcomes calls by the Senate Select Committee into the Abbott Government's Budget Cuts to reinstate funding for Youth Connections
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Victoria’s prison population and the cost of keeping prisoners in custody is spiralling out of control according to the Victorian
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Almost 100 people in need are turned away from homeless agencies each day, the Productivity Commission's 2015 Report on Government
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Victoria’s prisoners are overwhelmingly people who have faced significant disadvantage in their lives. A VCOSS submission to the Victorian Ombudsman's
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