Analysis

It’s been really difficult, particularly with the lack of certainty.

The Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) welcomes this opportunity to respond to the Regulatory Impact Statement for the Proposed

VCOSS submission to the 2020 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005   The Victorian Council of Social Service

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I just pray every day that we will be allowed to go outside of the suburb, just to get food.

Although COVID-19 has been devastating, it has given Meena chance to pause and map out where she wants to take

Mandy Weber and her two teenage daughters face the prospect of homelessness for a sixth time once the JobSeeker Coronavirus

John Doutch isn’t too fussed by the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. “Us oldies, if I could put it that way, are

“No one should have to be making choices between food and bills, medication and bills. But we are."

Fear of COVID-19 has changed a lot of things in Ruth Skewes' life, but some things are too important to

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.

Managing work, money, our health and legal rights during the pandemic.

VCOSS Response to the Australian Building Codes Board Regulatory Impact Statement on the Proposal to Include Minimum Accessibility Standards in

Investing in the community services industry is smart. It’s an investment in the future for the wellbeing of all Victorians.

Victoria is currently experiencing disproportionately high rates of youth unemployment due to COVID-19 and this is expected to rise even

VCOSS submission to Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

I could see the doctors talking but couldn’t understand what they were saying. It was very isolating.

A monthly discussion forum to guide community organisations through the COVID-19 pandemic.

If we're not bold enough to do what's required now, will we ever be?

VCOSS welcomes the opportunity to provide initial feedback on the Essential Services Commission’s (ESC’s) proposed approach and process to determining

"If I'd been in a private high-rise block, there is no way known they could have got away with it."

“We’re all in this together” goes the spin. But we’re not. Differential disadvantage means low-income people suffer more, for longer.

Jinghua Qian turned freelance. A week later, COVID-19 shut down the country.

If authorities are forced to impose localised 'hard lockdowns' again, how should they do it better?

"Thousands of masked faces on the street in the middle of a pandemic, thousands of voices chanting, 'bla(c)k lives matter'."

A monthly discussion forum to guide community organisations through the COVID-19 pandemic.

It will be a long time before I, and many other disabled people, feel that we can live our lives

Every day after treatment, I would drop my father off and drive to my daughter’s house for a special window-visit.