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Lasting solutions won’t be found in universal cash-splashes, short-term payment freezes or cute gimmicks.
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The Housing First model works on the principle that immediate access to stable, safe and appropriate housing is a need
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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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"Personal responsibility only works if you have the personal means to do what’s required."
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As we shift from government mandates to personal responsibility, nobody should be left behind.
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The Victorian Government's emissions reduction target is a number with a lot riding on it.
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A new report finds that headline statistics about unemployment figures create a “false optimism” that doesn’t correspond to the reality
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The decision to make a universal Power Saving Bonus the headline Budget initiative on cost-of-living issues is an important recognition
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While some funding toward emergency resilience has been provided in the Budget, it doesn’t go far enough in the current
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The funding allocated in this Budget is not sufficient to fully cover the increasing financial pressures facing the community sector.
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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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VCOSS is pleased to see that gender responsive budgeting will be embedded in Victorian legislation to ensure that an equality
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The Budget delivers much to like in early childhood education, schools, training and skills.
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We know that employment figures don’t always tell the full story, so we continue to advocate for policy measures and
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The theme of the Victorian Government’s 2022-23 Budget is ‘Putting Patients First’, and it’s certainly a bonanza for the health
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There are countless initiatives in the State Budget that would form part of a wellbeing economy. It is time to
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The 2022-23 Budget could have gone further to ensure that all Victorians have safe, stable and affordable homes.
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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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ANALYSIS “We are all the experts in our own lives.” This simple statement feels intuitive and self-evident. Who understands my
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Today is the one-year anniversary of Victoria's new rental rules. What's working, what's not and what needs to go further?
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Should the clean energy revolution only be for the benefit of the already well-off? We think not.
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ANALYSIS The Victorian Government is being urged to plant more trees and build more parks in Melbourne’s west. Green spaces
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With the case numbers rising I was glad that childcare centres were closing. But also, we would have to scramble.
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Engaging with culturally diverse and Aboriginal people in a tailored, safe and appropriate manner is crucial to ensuring those communities
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Disaster management has become a more familiar concept for more Victorians over the last couple of years.
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