YACVic Rural

IDAHOBIT Day 2026: Creating spaces for safety and belonging

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

Analysis: 2026-27 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

Submission to the Legislative Assembly Environment and Planning Committee’s Inquiry into the supply of homes in regional Victoria

• YACVic has made a submission to the Legislative Assembly Environment and Planning Committee’s inquiry into the supply of homes in regional Victoria.

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

Submission to Victoria’s 2026-30 Climate Change Strategy

• The Centre of Excellence: Young People & Disasters (the Centre), a partnership between YACVic and Victoria University’s Youth and Community Research group, have made a submission to the development of Victoria’s 2026-30 Climate Change Strategy.

• Environment + Climate Change
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Transport
• Government and youth policy
• 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

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

Youth sector joint submission: Inquiry into the redevelopment of Melbourne’s public housing towers

• Housing and homelessness
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Government and youth policy
• Issues
• Migrant and refugee
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
• Infrastructure