Young Victorians deserve better: the 2025–26 budget misses the mark on our future

  • Sophia Redjeb (they/them)
  • 27 May 2025

Analysis: 2025-26 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

2025-26 Budget: YACVic welcomes stability for youth services, urges stronger action on housing

  • YACVic’s response to the 2025–26 Victorian State Budget, including key wins, gaps, and what it means for young people across Victoria.
  • Media releases
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Youth sector
  • Health
  • Budget
  • Rural and regional

IDAHOBIT Day 2025: Amplifying Young LGBTIQA+ Voices

  • LGBTIQA+
  • Rural and regional
  • Media releases
  • Youth sector
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Youth participation

Submission to the 2025-26 Victorian State Budget

  • YACVic has released its submission to the 2025-26 Victorian State Budget on behalf of the youth sector.
  • Media releases
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Youth sector
  • Health
  • Budget
  • Rural and regional

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

YACVic Rural

  • We work with and for young people and the youth sector in rural and regional Victoria.
  • Rural and regional

About YDAS

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  • The Youth Disability Advocacy Service is an advocacy organisation that works with disabled young people in Victoria. Find out more about who we are and what we do.

YERP

  • Yerp is an online toolkit for all things youth participation.
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Events

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Navigating the Grey: Ethical Practice training

  • 3-10 September 2025
  • 3 & 10 Sept 2025
    1pm - 3pm

    Two-part workshop held online using ZOOM and will not be recorded.
  • Tickets $60-$210