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VACCHO Calls on State Government to Show Bold Leadership Following Underwhelming Response to Vital Yoorrook Recommendations
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) acknowledges the Victorian Government’s response to the Yoorrook for Justice Report, but is...

VACCHO CEO Jill Gallagher Delivers Compelling Evidence at Yoorrook Justice Commission’s Land Hearings.
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) CEO Dr. Jill Gallagher AO has delivered a raw, powerful and heartfelt submission at the Yoorrook...

Boosting Support for Aboriginal Organisations the Key to Closing the Gap
National Closing the Gap Day is stark reminder that the advent of the two Closing the Gap Agreements over 15 years deliver minimal change unless they are held up by...

New monitoring technology a significant setback for bail reform and Aboriginal children
VACCHO is deeply disappointed in the Victorian Government’s announcement that they will introduce a trial of electronic monitoring technology for children on bail....

Victorian Government dismisses lived experiences of Aboriginal people in prisons
CONTENT WARNING: VACCHO advises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that the following article contains distressing accounts of Aboriginal people in...

New report: Community empowerment the key to food security
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) in partnership with Deakin University’s Institute for Health Transformation are thrilled to...