Sign our letter and tell the government #CeasefireNow

  • Young people, youth workers, and their supporters are invited to sign our letter to government representatives in Victoria.

Youth Work Matters

  • Youth Work Matters is our collective call for the Victorian Government to make a historic investment into Victoria's young people.

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Analysis: 2024-25 Victorian Budget

  • Budget
  • Environment + Climate Change
  • Disability
  • Rural and regional
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Education, training and employment
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Transport
  • Government and youth policy
  • Youth sector
  • Migrant and refugee
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Youth justice
  • Child protection
  • LGBTIQA+
  • Health
  • Family violence
  • Alcohol & other drugs

2024-25 Victorian Budget: Steps forward on misogyny, health; lagging on housing, mental health

  • In a challenging economic environment, the 2024-25 Victorian Budget mostly maintains youth programs and invests in health, but falls short on crucial support for housing and mental health.
  • Media releases
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Youth sector
  • Health
  • Budget
  • Rural and regional

Submission to the Inquiry into vaping and tobacco controls in Victoria

  • Young people's use of vapes, where and how young people learn about vaping, and how to improve services.
  • Alcohol & other drugs
  • Education, training and employment
  • Youth sector
  • Health

Victoria’s legal system must help, not harm, children and Aboriginal people

  • Media releases
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Youth justice
  • Child protection
  • Health

Analysis: 2023-24 Federal Budget

  • This budget has brought limited relief to ease rising cost-of-living pressures. Young people will benefit from some measures announced, but there’s still a long way to go.
  • Government and youth policy
  • Environment + Climate Change
  • Disability
  • Rural and regional
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • NDIS
  • Education, training and employment
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Transport
  • Youth sector
  • Migrant and refugee
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • LGBTIQA+
  • Health
  • Family violence
  • COVID-19
  • Budget

‘Yeah Nah’: Young people to lead consent education across Victoria

  • Media releases
  • Rural and regional
  • Youth participation
  • Health

What the 2022-2023 Federal Budget means for young people and the youth sector

  • Government and youth policy
  • Environment + Climate Change
  • Disability
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • NDIS
  • Education, training and employment
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Transport
  • Youth participation
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Health
  • Issues
  • Family violence
  • Budget