YACVic Rural

Healthy Equal Youth (HEY) Round 14: Advocacy and activism

• YACVic will deliver over $102,000 in Round 14 of the HEY Grants funding to thirteen projects.

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

Submission to the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024

• Social Media
• Rural and regional
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Government and youth policy
• Issues

YACVic statement regarding the Referendum on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Recognition and Voice

• The board and staff of YACVic support the full recognition of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and its call for Voice, Treaty and Truth.

• Media releases
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
• Rural and regional

Analysis: 2023-24 Victorian State Budget

• Bite-size breakdowns of how the budget impacts young people and the youth sector.

• 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
• Youth justice
• Child protection
• LGBTIQA+
• Family violence
• Budget

2023-24 State Budget: A step towards recovery for young people

• The 2023-24 state budget, released in a challenging economic environment, provides relief that young Victorians experiencing disadvantage and marginalisation now will not also wear the costs of COVID debt in the long term.

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

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