Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 2 September 2020
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national funding,
Prime Minister Scott Morrison,
coronavirus,
Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander,
COVID-19,
ACCO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
DHHS,
Victorian Department of Health and Human Services,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison on behalf of its 32 Members seeking urgent funding for Victorian Aboriginal communities in their COVID-19 response.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 7 May 2019
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sustainable investment,
workforce shortages,
Remote Australia Strategies program,
Indigenous Advancement Strategy,
out-of-home care,
health,
wellbeing,
chronic conditions,
geographically-based funding,
remote communities,
urban and regional Australia,
Close the Gap,
Trevor Pearce,
VACCHO CEO,
government policies,
CTG,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO,
Victorian Government,
Australian Federal Government
Whoever Australia decides to back on 18 May, they need to remember that when it comes to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities “it’s not just a northern or remote problem”.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 2 May 2018
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Aboriginal Executive Council,
funding,
maternal and child health,
reducing family violence,
Treaty advancement,
Budget,
Wungurilwil Gapgapduir,
Ian Ham,
Self-determination,
Aboriginal Victorians,
Victorian Government,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO
The wellbeing of Victorian Aboriginal families has received a boost in the state’s Budget with investment in jobs, funding for maternal and child health, reducing family violence, and Treaty advancement.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications on 22 November 2017
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custody,
Koori kids,
discrimination,
holistic,
therapeutic treatment,
child protection,
family support,
family violence,
restorative justice,
intervention,
community-based,
culturally safe,
inter-generational trauma,
social determinants,
youth incarceration rates,
Royal Commission,
justice community-led diversion programs is an integral part of improving the health and wellbeing outcomes for at-risk Aboriginal young people,
community-led diversion programs is an integral part of improving the health and wellbeing outcomes,
community-led,
prevention,
prevention,
Increased funding,
early intervention,
Increased funding,
recommendations Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory,
Victorian Government,
Daniel Andrews,
Labor Government,
Ms Jill Gallagher AO,
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander,
discrimination,
State government,
self-determination,
Aboriginal Victorians,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal specific wellbeing,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
The Victorian peak body for Aboriginal health and wellbeing has called on the Victorian Government to take heed of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.
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Posted by Policy Unit on 1 August 2016
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alcohol and other drugs,
mental health,
chronic disease,
Njernda Aboriginal Corporation,
Murray Valley Aboriginal Co-operative,
Njernda Aboriginal Corporation,
Mallee District Aboriginal Services,
Bendigo & District Aboriginal Co-operative,
networks,
Loddon Mallee Aboriginal Reference Group,
LMARG,
Innovative service delivery,
PHN,
Loddon Mallee region and the Murray Primary Health Network,
Loddon Mallee region,
health outcomes,
Aboriginal Primary Health funding,
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan,
lack of funding,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
Raylene Harradine,
ACCHOs,
ACCO
A developing partnership between leading Aboriginal health services in the Loddon Mallee region and the Murray Primary Health Network (PHN) is exploring innovative service delivery programs that can further increase the health outcomes of local Aboriginal community members.
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Posted by Policy Unit on 7 July 2016
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Territory Governments,
State Governments,
health outcomes,
STI,
Sexually Transmissible Infection,
chlamydia,
NSW Aboriginal Sexual and Reproductive Health Program,
Kirby Institute,
Fairwork,
New South Wales,
NSW,
health and education,
sexual health,
slashing of health funding,
Aboriginal Primary Health funding,
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan,
lack of funding,
Federal Budget,
2016,
deficiencies,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
Jill Gallagher,
ACCHOs,
ACCO
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) is shocked to hear that the Commonwealth Government has withdrawn $2.3 million of funding to the NSW State Government for sexual health programs in NSW Aboriginal communities.
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Posted by Policy Unit on 4 May 2016
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health and education,
Prime Minister Turnbull,
dental scheme,
hospital investments,
increased tobacco tax revenue,
Finance and Public Administration References Committee Inquiry,
vulnerable community members,
Budget Portfolio Statement,
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023,
Close the Gap Campaign,
slashing of health funding,
Indigenous Advancement Strategy,
IAS,
Medicare rebates,
Aboriginal Primary Health funding,
hidden cuts,
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan,
lack of funding,
Federal Budget,
2016,
deficiencies,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
Aboriginal kids,
Budget,
Jill Gallagher,
ACCHOs,
ACCO,
new funding
From VACCHO’s perspective there are two related deficiencies in this year’s Federal Budget.
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Posted by Policy Unit on 2 May 2016
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economic growth,
Maternal and Child Health,
MCH,
National Disability Insurance Scheme,
NDIS,
$60.9 million,
universal health services,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
Aboriginal kids,
Victorian State Budget,
Budget,
Jill Gallagher,
Andrews Government,
Labor Government,
ACCHOs,
ACCO,
new funding
VACCHO congratulates the Victorian Government on the scope of its progressive 2016 Victorian State Budget and commits to working with the Government to ensure that resources produce positive outcomes for Aboriginal Victorians
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Posted by Policy Unit on 28 April 2016
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Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
Aboriginal kids,
Victorian State Budget,
Budget,
Jill Gallagher,
Andrews Government,
Labor Government,
Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance,
ACCHOs,
new funding,
family violence prevention,
mental health,
alcohol and drugs,
suicide prevention,
out of home care,
co-design
VACCHO congratulates the Victorian Government on the scope of its 2016 Victorian State Budget and is keen to work with the Andrews Government in implementing its socially progressive agenda.
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Posted by Policy Unit on 15 April 2016
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mob,
Aboriginal Prime Minister,
Treaty,
funding,
What do you want for Aboriginal families and children in 2030?,
time capsule,
ACCHO,
Collingwood,
Aboriginal cultural footprint,
snapshot of Aboriginal Victoria,
20th Anniversary,
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health,
Jill Gallagher,
health outcomes,
health and wellbeing,
CTG,
Close the Gap,
Aboriginal health,
ACCHO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Control,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
At VACCHO we’ve placed a time capsule within the walls of our building in Collingwood to mark our 20th anniversary as the peak representative body for Aboriginal health in Victoria.
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