Sign our letter and tell the government #CeasefireNow

  • Young people, youth workers, and their supporters are invited to sign our letter to government representatives in Victoria.

Youth Work Matters

  • Youth Work Matters is our collective call for the Victorian Government to make a historic investment into Victoria's young people.

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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

How to: make a submission to the Inquiry into the redevelopment of Melbourne’s public housing towers

  • How to: make a submission to the Inquiry into the redevelopment of Melbourne’s public housing towers
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Government and youth policy
  • Youth participation

Letter: Sector concern over youth mental health inaction

  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Youth participation

Analysis: 2024-25 Federal Budget

  • Budget
  • Environment + Climate Change
  • Disability
  • Rural and regional
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • NDIS
  • Education, training and employment
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Transport
  • Government and youth policy
  • Migrant and refugee
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • Youth justice
  • LGBTIQA+
  • Health
  • Family violence
  • Budget
  • Alcohol & other drugs

Federal budget to address youth homelessness, stops short at poverty

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

Analysis: 2024-25 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

2024-25 Victorian Budget: Steps forward on misogyny, health; lagging on housing, mental health

  • In a challenging economic environment, the 2024-25 Victorian Budget mostly maintains youth programs and invests in health, but falls short on crucial support for housing and mental health.
  • Media releases
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Youth sector
  • Health
  • Budget
  • Rural and regional

Letter: Victorian Government must deliver their promise of 500 housing places for young people with mental health challenges

  • Urgent call for action: Victorian Government must deliver their promise of 500 housing places for young people with mental health challenges.
  • Housing and homelessness
  • LGBTIQA+
  • Rural and regional
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