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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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