A key role of the Commissioner for Senior Victorians is to advise and report to the Victorian Government on priority policy issues affecting senior Victorians. This year, the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing, Martin Foley MP, requested consideration of the issue of loneliness and isolation of older people, including the role of volunteering in...

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Every year the State Budget gives the Victorian Government an opportunity to envision the kind of society we might want to live in and lead us towards that reality. The Salvation Army’s 2016-17 Victorian State Budget submission is based upon a series of consultations with services across Victoria held towards the end of last year...

The annual Report on Government Services (RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services in Australia. This report was progressively released between 27 January and 4 February 2016. This year marks the twenty-first edition of the Report on Government Services. The Report is produced by the Productivity Commission for an inter-governmental...

In this interview, some of the leading stakeholders in the Child Aware Local Initiative give their views on what 'child aware' means to them.