YACVic Rural

Pill testing trial in Victoria is drug harm reduction in action

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

2024 National Sorry Day statement

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

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

Young people call on Government to commit to ending youth homelessness

• Housing and homelessness
• Rural and regional
• Government and youth policy

Religious Freedom Bills create serious risks for young people

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

HEY Grants: Communities over Victoria are creating innovative initiatives for LGBTIQA+ young people’s mental health

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