YACVic Rural

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

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

Federal Government must follow urgent recommendation to increase income support for young people

• Media releases
• Rural and regional
• Education, training and employment

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

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

‘Yeah Nah’: Young people to lead consent education across Victoria

• Media releases
• Rural and regional
• Youth participation
• Health

Suicide Prevention and Response Strategy Submission: Improving outcomes for LGBTIQA+ young people

• Suicide Prevention and Response Strategy Submission

• LGBTIQA+
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Government and youth policy
• Rural and regional