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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YACVic Submission: Inquiry into Community Consultation Practices

  • Youth participation
  • Disability
  • Education, training and employment
  • Government and youth policy
  • Youth sector
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Youth justice
  • Media releases

Analysis: 2025-26 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

Youth sector joint submission: Inquiry into the redevelopment of Melbourne’s public housing towers

  • Housing and homelessness
  • Rural and regional
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Government and youth policy
  • Issues
  • Migrant and refugee
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Infrastructure

2025-26 Federal Budget summary: what does the budget mean for young people?

  • Budget
  • Rural and regional
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Government and youth policy
  • Media releases
  • Disability
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • NDIS
  • Education, training and employment
  • Youth sector
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Youth justice
  • Health

Bail Saves Lives - Poccum’s Law is the Way Forward

  • Bail Saves Lives - Poccum’s Law is the Way Forward
  • Youth justice
  • Government and youth policy
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Pathway to Treaty: Why it matters

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Government and youth policy

Raising the age to 12 doesn't go far enough

  • While a step in the right direction, this falls short of what young people need, and is a missed opportunity to break a preventable cycle of trauma and harm.
  • Media releases
  • Government and youth policy
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Youth justice
  • Disability

Insight: Victoria's new Youth Justice Bill

  • We're calling on the Victorian Parliament to strengthen the bill even further.
  • Youth justice
  • Government and youth policy
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Child protection
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