Budget

The decision to make a universal Power Saving Bonus the headline Budget initiative on cost-of-living issues is an important recognition

While some funding toward emergency resilience has been provided in the Budget, it doesn’t go far enough in the current

The funding allocated in this Budget is not sufficient to fully cover the increasing financial pressures facing the community sector.

The 2022-23 Budget includes some sensible initiatives to improve justice system responses, but misses the opportunity to adopt a justice

VCOSS is pleased to see that gender responsive budgeting will be embedded in Victorian legislation to ensure that an equality

The Budget delivers much to like in early childhood education, schools, training and skills.

We know that employment figures don’t always tell the full story, so we continue to advocate for policy measures and

The theme of the Victorian Government’s 2022-23 Budget is ‘Putting Patients First’, and it’s certainly a bonanza for the health

There are countless initiatives in the State Budget that would form part of a wellbeing economy. It is time to

The 2022-23 Budget could have gone further to ensure that all Victorians have safe, stable and affordable homes. 

The 2022 Victorian Budget is one of the leanest in years

This Budget includes funding for the long-awaited spent conviction scheme.

The Budget includes $3.8 billion to begin implementation of the Mental Health Royal Commission recommendations.

The Budget commits funding to a range of community-focused initiatives.

Communities impacted by the Black Summer bushfires will benefit from investment in essential services.

The 2021-22 Budget invests $354 million to support victim survivors and address family violence.

Some jobseekers will require targeted support to participate in the state’s economic recovery.

This is a smart and positive budget, with a big investment in mental health at its core.

VCOSS submission on the proposed increase of the permanent JobSeeker rate

"The pandemic has made bold interventions a necessity, and the government isn't missing its shot."

Victoria doesn’t have to settle for the title of Australia’s most progressive state. We can be Australia’s fairest state too.

The real issue isn’t intergenerational welfare dependency, it’s intergenerational disadvantage.

The 2018 Victorian Budget presents a pathway to a better and fairer Victoria.

Navigator pulls kids in closer when they’re struggling, instead of pushing them away.

VCOSS welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the House of Representatives Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport inquiry

For many Victorians, rental homes will be homes for life – places where we grow up, raise a family, work,

Think education in free in Victoria? Think again.

The 2017 Victorian Budget delivers on the Government’s laudable commitment to ending family violence. The Victorian Council of Social Service

Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has warned not all Victorians are benefiting from the state’s social and economic growth, and

Victoria has reached a sombre milestone, with a record 726,900 people now living in poverty. New figures released to mark