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Accessing housing 'the exception' at present: VACCA warns of disproportionate barriers for kids leaving care
First Nations Victorians represent around one per cent of the state's population...
Jarred Cross 4 Aug 2026
Award-winning Aboriginal leader strengthens community outcomes through TAFE training
A young Aboriginal man is strengthening outcomes for Aboriginal children and fam...
Callan Morse 21 Jul 2026
Aboriginal groups warn racism remains entrenched across Victoria's public systems
Systemic racism across Victoria's healthcare, child protection and policing syst...
Dechlan Brennan 2 Jul 2026
Victorian government accused of ignoring self-determined solutions in budget
Self-determined solutions to reduce the over-representation of Indigenous people...
Dechlan Brennan 7 May 2026
Youth justice system in crisis as Senate inquiry hears calls for national reform
Australia's youth justice and child protection systems are in crisis, a Senate i...
Dechlan Brennan 16 Mar 2026
Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency welcomes reforms to state's Children, Youth and Families Act

VACCA - the Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency - has welcomed the passage of amendments to the Children, Youth and Families Act by the Children, Youth and Families Amendment (Stability) B...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 6, 2026
'I finally saw my father’s name for the very first time' - a Stolen Generations survivor's personal story

It's not quite six months since the two days which changed Damien Briggs' life. A small juncture within a lifetime, between receiving a name and later confirmation, separated by just a few weeks, ende...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Feb 14, 2026
Advocates urge long-term funding to ensure new violence prevention strategy delivers lasting change

Advocates and legal groups have welcomed a new national strategy to end violence against First Nations women and children, but say long-term funding is needed, as the Coalition raises concerns that ke...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 10, 2026
Governments urged to back Aboriginal-led services as child removals surge

While community-controlled organisations are delivering solutions that help close the gap, experts argue governments are failing to follow through with the commitments and funding required to ensure t...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 11, 2025
'These new laws will not create a safer Victoria' - growing opposition to prison plan for children

2024 NAIDOC person of the year Muriel Bamblett has added her voice to the growing opposition to Victorian government plans to introduce severe prison sentences for children as young as 14.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 13, 2025
Leading with heart: VET graduate Taylor Hampton looks forward to National Skills Week 2025

"I've always been someone who wanted to lead with heart," said Taylor Hampton, a proud Ngiyampaa/Wiradjuri man and one of the standout VET success stories being celebrated ahead of National Skills Wee...

Alexandra Giorgianni Alexandra Giorgianni Jul 25, 2025
Funding for First Nations-led trial projects in Naarm to help close the gap

Indigenous-led trial projects to help strengthen families, reduce family and domestic violence, and help keep kids out of out-of-home care will take place in Naarm, the federal government has announce...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 7, 2025
Calls for more action as Apology to Stolen Generations remembered in Victoria

Survivors, advocates and the broader community gathered in Naarm on Thursday commemorating a "momentous occasion" which "still affects us deeply" on the 17th anniversary of the National Apology to the...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Feb 14, 2025
Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency urges systemic, holistic youth justice reform

One of the great injustices in the criminal justice system has been the failure of successive governments to implement reforms called for by Aboriginal communities, a leading Indigenous child care org...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 9, 2024
Victorian government announces redress scheme for those who suffered abuse and neglect as children in institutional care

The Victorian government has announced a redress scheme for those who suffered abuse and neglect as children in institutional care. Developed in consultation with abuse survivors and their support age...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 13, 2024
Cultural connection at the heart of new housing project for young people leaving out-of-home-care

A new culturally safe, supported accommodation program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people transitioning out of care has been launched in Melbourne's Bayside Peninsula region.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 23, 2024
Kids need "big auntie energy", says NAIDOC Person of the year Aunty Muriel Bamblett

Aunty Muriel Bamblett was awarded the Person of the Year at the National NAIDOC Awards, held on the lands of the Kaurna people in Tarntanya/Adelaide, on Saturday.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 10, 2024
Aunty Fay Carter OAM to be honoured with State Funeral

The Victorian government has announced Aunty Fay Carter OAM will have her life honoured with a state funeral on Dja Dja Wurrung country in Bendigo next week.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 7, 2024
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