Lina Caneva, Thursday, 21st December 2017 - Victoria’s first Social Impact Bond (SIB), which launched on Thursday in a bid to deliver a targeted program to end long-term homelessness in 2018, will depart from the traditional…
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 5th September 2017 -
The Victorian government has become the first Australian state to introduce legislation in a bid to have its renewable energy targets enshrined in law, but the move has received a…
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 22nd August 2017 -
The Victorian government has introduced legislation for new long-term tenancy agreements but advocacy groups have warned the move only “tinkers around the edges” instead…
Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 5th July 2017 -
The Victorian government has cut contracts with NSW-based disability services provider Lifestyle Solutions after an independent review identified a number of concerns in relation…
Wendy Williams, Friday, 28th April 2017 - A new census has been launched to find Victoria’s “hidden” family violence workers.The census, which is a result of the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence, gives…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 27th April 2017 -
The Victorian government is looking to divest a number of disability services to the non-government sector in the next step of the roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme…
Wendy Williams, Friday, 31st March 2017 - Disadvantaged high school students are being given a taste of what it means to work in government through a new partnership that aims to ensure future job seekers from underprivileged…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 16th February 2017 -
The Victorian government has released what it describes as Australia’s first-ever strategy for social enterprises to strengthen the sector and create more employment opportunities…
Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 8th February 2017 - The Victorian government faces new legal action, led by the Human Rights Law Centre, to stop children being detained in Barwon prison.In the Supreme Court challenge, launched on …
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 24th November 2016 -
The not-for-profit sector has strongly supported the Victorian Government’s newly announced 10-year plan for ending family violence.
The plan details how the government will…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 24th November 2016 -
Victoria’s disability services commissioner has called on the disability sector to make “fundamental changes” to the way it addresses the endemic issues of abuse highlighted…
Robert Pradolin, Tuesday, 15th November 2016 - While the Victorian Government is to be applauded for directing funds towards homelessness, Australia needs a paradigm shift to create innovative funding mechanisms similar to…
