YACVic Rural

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

Youth Affairs Council Victoria 2024 Listening Tour Wrap Up

• Explore insights from young people, youth workers, and stakeholders across Victoria. This report captures the voices and priorities that will shape YACVic’s advocacy, policy, and programs.

• Media releases
• Housing and homelessness
• Youth sector
• Health
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Education, training and employment
• Transport
• Government and youth policy
• Youth participation
• Youth justice

Young leaders to champion animal welfare in bushfire affected communities

• Rural and regional
• Media releases
• Youth participation

Young Victorians feeling socially isolated with disruptions to education and employment from COVID-19

• COVID-19
• Rural and regional
• Government and youth policy
• Media releases
• Youth participation
• Youth sector
• Disability

COVID-19 brings increased demand, without increased funding, to youth services

• COVID-19
• Rural and regional
• Government and youth policy
• Media releases
• Youth participation
• Youth sector

Youth peak calls for parental income means test threshold to be increased

• Government and youth policy
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Media releases
• Youth participation

Coronavirus supplement extended to students; concerns remain for disabled young people, international students and young workers

• Government and youth policy
• Rural and regional
• Media releases
• Youth sector
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Education, training and employment

Coronavirus supplement welcome but students and disabled young people shouldn’t miss out

• Government and youth policy
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Education, training and employment
• Media releases
• Youth sector
• Disability
• Rural and regional