Advocacy

YACVic and VU establish National Centre of Excellence in Young People and Disasters

• A National Centre of Excellence in Young People and Disasters will empower young Australians to be active agents of change in emergency management.

• Media releases
• Environment + Climate Change
• Rural and regional
• Youth sector

Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2022 Flood Event in Victoria

• Rural and regional
• Environment + Climate Change
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Education, training and employment
• Youth sector

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

IDAHOBIT Day 2023: An active call against discrimination against and vilification of LGBTIQA+ people

• We call on the Victorian Government to act urgently to expand anti-vilification laws to protect LGBTIQA+ communities from discrimination.

• Media releases
• Government and youth policy
• Youth sector
• LGBTIQA+

Analysis: 2023-24 Federal Budget

• This budget has brought limited relief to ease rising cost-of-living pressures. Young people will benefit from some measures announced, but there’s still a long way to go.

• 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
• LGBTIQA+
• Health
• Family violence
• COVID-19
• Budget

Statement: Federal Budget 2023-24 provides some relief, still leaves many young people out in the cold

• The government's investments are a first step, but they still leave many young people below the poverty line.

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

Healthy Equal Youth (HEY) Grants to support LGBTIQA+ youth mental health

• Media releases
• Rural and regional
• Youth sector
• LGBTIQA+

Youth Work in Victoria Report - Findings from the Youth Sector Workforce Surveys

• Findings from our 2022 survey of youth work

• Youth sector
• Education, training and employment
• Youth participation