Justice and Human Rights
VCOSS is applauding a shift towards bipartisanship on the traditional political battleground of ‘law and order’.
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All workers have a right to feel safe at work. But mandatory sentencing is not the answer.
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VCOSS has joined a coalition of justice, human rights, social service and Aboriginal organisations to call on the Victorian Government
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True love is elusive. It’s difficult to define, hard to find and even harder to keep. So when two people
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The Victorian Government is rushing through dangerously regressive legislation that will make the state’s youth justice system cruel and less
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Victorians will be rightly horrified by the revelations in The Same Four Walls, a new investigation into cruel and ineffective
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Changes to the youth justice system announced today are a retrograde step that will not improve community safety, the Victorian
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Victoria’s peak social advocacy body is sending every state MP, local council and community leader a blueprint to fight
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Thousands of people facing disadvantage across Victoria are being denied access to crucial legal assistance every year due to a
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An application to exempt public transport operators from meeting accessibility standards for people with disability should be denied, says the
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The Review of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities tabled in the Victorian Parliament today provides a range of
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VCOSS welcomes the recommendations of the Victorian Ombudsman in her Investigation into the rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners in Victoria
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Melbourne being named the world’s most liveable city by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the fifth year running fails to
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