Advocacy

Submission to the Inquiry into the State Education System in Victoria

• Our submission focuses on the current state of student mental health and wellbeing, as well as best practice models and innovative approaches to support young people at school, including those who have disengaged.

• Education, training and employment
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Government and youth policy
• LGBTIQA+

YACVic thanks The Hon Daniel Andrews, congratulates the incoming Premier The Hon Jacinta Allan MP

• Media releases
• Government and youth policy

Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the rental and housing affordability crisis in Victoria

• Housing and homelessness
• Government and youth policy
• Infrastructure

Victoria’s Rental Crisis and Young People

• Young people are finding it increasingly difficult to access safe and secure housing. YACVic calls on the Victorian government to take immediate action to support young people experiencing housing stress.

• Housing and homelessness
• Rural and regional
• Government and youth policy
• Infrastructure

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