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Foster kids without proof-of-life document can’t access many services and supports, including subsidised childcare, school enrolment, and a Medicare card.
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"I worried whether I was inherently 'evil' for supporting my father, or even being related to him"
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The 2022-23 Budget includes some sensible initiatives to improve justice system responses, but misses the opportunity to adopt a justice
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On Thursday 24 March 2022, the Final Report of the Inquiry into Victoria’s Criminal Justice System was tables.
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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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A guest post from Megan Weier at the Centre for Social Impact. When governments talk about ‘progress’, it’s almost always
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Financial counsellors across Victoria say they’re stressed, overworked and fearful of making bad decisions on the job.
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strong and vibrant communities will do more to prevent crime than any number of 'cops on the beat'.
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VCOSS is applauding a shift towards bipartisanship on the traditional political battleground of ‘law and order’.
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Victoria's Charter of Human Rights was an first important step. But it’s now time for the next great stride.
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All workers have a right to feel safe at work. But mandatory sentencing is not the answer.
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VCOSS has joined a coalition of justice, human rights, social service and Aboriginal organisations to call on the Victorian Government
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VCOSS supports the Victims of Crime Assistance Scheme as an important way to offer justice to people recovering from the
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True love is elusive. It’s difficult to define, hard to find and even harder to keep. So when two people
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Victorians need fair and equitable access to legal aid. Read our submission to @VicLegalAid Means Test Review https://t.co/FjNS9IFOhb pic.twitter.com/0Yhghri8yp —
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Law reform to improve the court experience for victim/survivors of family violence and sexual assault have been ongoing for more
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The Victorian Government is rushing through dangerously regressive legislation that will make the state’s youth justice system cruel and less
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The Victorian Government is rushing through dangerously regressive legislation that will make the state’s youth justice system cruel and less
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"The robodebt system must be, to borrow a term used previously, must be ‘dead, buried and cremated’. It should not
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Victorians will be rightly horrified by the revelations in The Same Four Walls, a new investigation into cruel and ineffective
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VCOSS has numerous concerns about Victoria’s youth justice centres, including staff shortages, limited support and training for staff in trauma
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