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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

#RaiseTheAge

  • Let's call on the Victorian Government to #RaiseTheAge of criminal responsibility.
  • Youth justice
  • Government and youth policy
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Just Outcomes for Young People in Victoria’s Criminal Justice System

  • Youth justice
  • Disability
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Government and youth policy

What the State Budget 2021-2022 Means for Young People

  • Budget
  • Youth participation
  • Youth sector
  • Disability
  • Rural and regional
  • Education, training and employment
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Youth justice
  • LGBTIQA+
  • Government and youth policy

2021-22 State Budget makes historic investment in youth mental health for a generation slammed by bushfires and COVID-19

  • Media releases
  • Environment + Climate Change
  • Rural and regional
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Education, training and employment
  • Media releases
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Youth justice
  • Family violence
  • COVID-19
  • Government and youth policy
  • Budget

YACVic’s Summary on Youth Mental Health from the Royal Commission’s Final Report

  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Rural and regional
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Government and youth policy
  • Youth participation
  • Youth justice

Victoria’s State Budget is the First Step in Our Collective COVID-19 Recovery

  • Government and youth policy
  • Environment + Climate Change
  • Disability
  • Rural and regional
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Education, training and employment
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Youth sector
  • Youth justice
  • LGBTIQA+
  • COVID-19
  • Budget
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