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Every person in Victoria should be supported to live a good life.

Victoria's big power companies have flagged significant price hikes for 2018 and must increase relief by an equal measure, according

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VCOSS has joined a coalition of justice, human rights, social service and Aboriginal organisations to call on the Victorian Government

VCOSS is outraged the Victorian Parliament has blocked the construction of new public housing planned for Melbourne’s east.

You can view photos from the ACOSS National Conference, delivered in partnership with VCOSS, on our Facebook page.

The Federal Government is abandoning good faith negotiations with Victoria over homelessness funding and risking the wellbeing of thousands of

New rules for power companies in Victoria will help stop struggling energy users incurring big debts or being disconnected, the

The Victorian Government has delivered a big win for renters, putting fairness back at the centre of the state’s tenancy

In the new report ‘Stuck in traffic? Road congestion in Sydney and Melbourne‘ the Grattan Institute has suggested the Victorian

True love is elusive. It’s difficult to define, hard to find and even harder to keep. So when two people

VCOSS says 'yes' to marriage equality. All relationships should be recognised and celebrated equally, regardless of how we identify or

The Thwaites-Mulder review into Victoria’s power markets provides an action blueprint for the Victorian Government to ease skyrocketing prices, according

Australian politicians must stop and listen to the voices of real people suffering under horror power price rises, Victoria’s peak

Victorian wages are failing to keep pace with skyrocketing rents, costing tenants thousands of dollars each year, a VCOSS study

The Victorian Government is rushing through dangerously regressive legislation that will make the state’s youth justice system cruel and less

The Victorian Council of Social Service has welcomed a plan to give new rights to people struggling to pay their

The 2017 Victorian Budget delivers on the Government’s laudable commitment to ending family violence. The Victorian Council of Social Service

Victorians will be rightly horrified by the revelations in The Same Four Walls, a new investigation into cruel and ineffective

Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has given qualified support to a State Government plan to make it easier for renters

The Victorian Council of Social Service has applauded the establishment of a new $1 billion Victorian Social Housing Growth Fund.

Changes to the youth justice system announced today are a retrograde step that will not improve community safety, the Victorian

VCOSS is warning Victorians to be alert to a series of price hikes due to take effect in 2017. The cost

Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has warned not all Victorians are benefiting from the state’s social and economic growth, and

An alliance of Victorian social advocacy groups has produced a plan to drive better student engagement, reduce school drop outs

VCOSS has welcomed the Victorian Government's response but says it is vital for short-term, one-off funding to be backed up

Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has welcomed the Victorian Government‘s 10-year Ending Family Violence: Victoria’s Plan for Change.

The Victorian Council of Social Service is warning of a social catastrophe in the Latrobe Valley if local communities aren’t

A coalition of sporting and social groups is calling on the Victorian Government to make sport more affordable for children from

Victoria has reached a sombre milestone, with a record 726,900 people now living in poverty. New figures released to mark