Author Archives: Dev Mukherjee
Unemployment, under-employment and stagnant wages are often in the headlines. One solution that is regularly pitched for these issues is
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Is social enterprise investing the same as impact investing, and what are social impact bonds?
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Victoria is facing a growing dearth of disability and aged care workers. Waiving fees for entry level VET courses would help plug
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Recognising the community sector as an employer can help young people understand and explore the wide range of career options
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The Victorian community sector is large and complex. It comprises many thousands of organisations providing a wide range of services
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Funding to develop an Aboriginal treaty, a LGBTI inclusive Victoria and implementing the state's multicultural policy are positive investments to
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Competition in the delivery of social services isn't entirely new. So why are alarms bells sounding in some quarters?
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Victoria’s community sector charities work to support and connect people, strengthen communities and advocate for a fair and just society. More than
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VCOSS supports Victorian government reforms aimed to improve the state's accountability and integrity system, but urges they be further considered
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The 2016 Victorian Budget projects substantial surpluses over the next four years. This is driven by revenue rising faster than expenditure
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The decline in real funding for community organisations continues, while funding for community sector wage rises incurred as a result
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The NDIS is a chance to improve the lives of people with disability, however, is a major change in the
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Responding to population growth and change, reducing disadvantage and enabling workforce participation will strengthen a 30-year infrastructure strategy for Victoria,
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VCOSS recently published its 2016-17 State Budget Submission: Putting people back in the picture. The state budget submission proposes the
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The Service Agreement is used as a standard agreement for the contracting of services from the community sector by the
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On 16 September 2015, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Premier Daniel Andrews signed the bilateral agreement outlining the rollout of
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Freedom of voice, organisational autonomy and financial independence are three fundamental elements for an independent community sector, a joint ACTCOSS
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The Economic, Education, Jobs and Skills Committee of the Victorian Parliament is inquiring into the portability of long service leave
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A low-income energy efficiency program that complements and works with the VEET scheme, in addition to other measures within VEET,
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VCOSS welcomes the funding certainty provided to community sector organisations in the 2015-16 Victorian State Budget. The state government has
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Victoria’s unemployment and youth unemployment rates are at their highest levels in decades. In late 2014 the State’s unemployment rate
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