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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: 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

The Victorian Government must commit to raising the age of criminal responsibility in Victoria to 14 years old, with no carve outs.

  • 12-year-olds belong at school, not behind bars.
  • Media releases
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Youth justice
  • Child protection

A ‘leading’ youth justice system is one where children under 14 are not imprisoned

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

Concern about Victoria Police members' training in working with young people

  • Youth justice
  • Child protection

Isolation, separation and lockdowns in youth justice centres

  • Youth justice
  • Child protection

"Cop That": bridging the gap between young people and law enforcement officers

  • Youth justice
  • Government and youth policy
  • Child protection