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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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

Analysis: 2024-25 Federal Budget

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

Federal budget to address youth homelessness, stops short at poverty

  • Media releases
  • Rural and regional
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Government and youth policy
  • Budget

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

Youth Peak Bodies Australia-wide call on the Government to Raise the Rate

  • YACVic's joint letter to federal government to lift income support above the poverty line.
  • Issues
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Government and youth policy
  • Youth sector
  • Budget

Analysis: 2023-24 Victorian State Budget

  • Bite-size breakdowns of how the budget impacts young people and the youth sector.
  • 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
  • Youth justice
  • Child protection
  • LGBTIQA+
  • Family violence
  • Budget

2023-24 State Budget: A step towards recovery for young people

  • The 2023-24 state budget, released in a challenging economic environment, provides relief that young Victorians experiencing disadvantage and marginalisation now will not also wear the costs of COVID debt in the long term.
  • Media releases
  • Government and youth policy
  • Rural and regional
  • Budget
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