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OPINION: Standing Blak, Loud & Proud against those trying to wipe us out
By Dr. Jill Gallagher AO (CEO, VACCHO) and Laura Thompson (Founder, Clothing the Gap)Our people flourished for thousands of generations and lived rich lives with strong...

Student Stories: How Shane Charles found his calling in Community services
Know the saying, ‘65,000 years strong’? This couldn’t be truer of Shane Charles, a proud Yorta Yorta man whose determination and resilience have shaped his path as a...

Coronial inquest: Joshua Kerr was another preventable Aboriginal death in custody
**Content warning: this piece contains the names of Aboriginal people who have returned to the Dreaming. A Coronial inquest into the death of 32-year-old Yorta Yorta...

VACCHO proud to award scholarships to emerging leaders in Aboriginal Health
VACCHO is proud to announce the awarding of sixteen scholarships to Aboriginal Health Workers and Aboriginal Health Practitioners currently working in Aboriginal...

Coroner’s report exposes a system that is grossly failing Aboriginal families and children
CONTENT WARNING: VACCHO advises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that the following article contains suicide references refers to those who have returned to...

VACCHO Calls for Failing Child Protection System to be “turned on its head” at Summit
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)’s Centre of Excellence for Aboriginal Families Wellbeing was honoured to sponsor the...