Emergency Management

The bushfires of the Black Summer of 2019–20 were among the worst in our state’s history.

Submission to the Victorian Parliament’s PAEC Inquiry into Victoria’s Response to COVID-19

Introduction VCOSS welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements. VCOSS is the

Significant changes have been and continue to be made in Victoria’s emergency management arrangements.

The review of the Vulnerable People in Emergencies policy is an important step in improving emergency management policies to better

Community organisations are the key to helping Victorians prepare for and overcome disasters and it is time to bring them

In October 2016, the Australian Senate initiated an Inquiry into policy mechanisms to encourage the retirement of coal-fired power stations

Victoria’s peak social advocacy body is sending every state MP, local council and community leader a blueprint to fight poverty

This report identifies and describes how emergencies have an adverse effects on people who experience, or are at risk of,

VCOSS is pleased to provide this Supplementary Submission to the 2015 Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry, responding to discussion at the

Submission to the 2015 Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry 2 Introduction VCOSS welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the 2015 re-opened

The VCOSS Submission to Melbourne Water’s Draft Flood Management Strategy warns that the social and economic context in which floods

This report, based on the experiences and feedback of community and social services working in Morwell, highlights the long-term impacts

Cross-Sectoral Conversations about Innovations and Struggles, Learnings and Changes in the Aftermath of the February 7 2009 Black Saturday Mega-Firestorm