Advocacy

Pill testing trial in Victoria is drug harm reduction in action

• Media releases
• Government and youth policy
• Health
• Alcohol & other drugs
• Rural and regional

Victorian Government must fully commit to diverting children from prison and raise the age to 14

• Media releases
• Disability
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
• Youth justice
• Child protection

2024 National Sorry Day statement

• Media releases
• Rural and regional
• Youth justice
• Child protection
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

IDAHOBIT Day 2024: Let’s all make sure that ‘No One Is Left Behind’

• Media releases
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Government and youth policy
• Youth sector
• LGBTIQA+

Federal budget to address youth homelessness, stops short at poverty

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

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

YACVic calls for a permanent ceasefire in Palestine

• We're following the advocacy of young people and calling for action to end the genocide.

• Media releases
• Youth sector

Victoria’s legal system must help, not harm, children and Aboriginal people

• Media releases
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
• Youth justice
• Child protection
• Health