Media releases

NDIS and aged care funding essential to ensure the most vulnerable Aboriginal people aren’t left beh

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 16 May 2019

Tags: aged care, disability, Federal Election, NDIS, Close the Gap, Trevor Pearce, VACCHO CEO, government policies, CTG, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, ACCHO, ACCO, VACCHO, Victorian Government, Australian Federal Government

Aboriginal people will continue to access the NDIS and Aged Care services at low rates unless funding changes occur after the Federal Election, the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) Acting CEO Trevor Pearce says.

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Change the focus to Close the Gap

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 7 May 2019

Tags: 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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Federal Budget robbing Aboriginal people with disabilities to pay for tax cuts

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 4 April 2019

Tags: youth suicide, Aboriginal mental health, pre-election tax cuts, First Peoples Disability Network, Lowitja Institute, National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS, Federal Budget 2019, Close the Gap, Trevor Pearce, VACCHO CEO, government policies, CTG, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, ACCHO, ACCO, VACCHO, Victorian Government, Australian Federal Government

Barriers to Aboriginal people accessing NDIS services are effectively funding tax cuts, according to Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) Acting CEO Trevor Pearce.

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Partnership agreement brings self-determination closer for Aboriginal people

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 28 March 2019

Tags: Close the Gap, Karen Heap, VACCHO Chair,Trevor Pearce, VACCHO CEO, government policies, health indicators, Harvard University, Coalition of Peaks, CTG, Partnership Agreement, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, ACCHO, ACCO, VACCHO, Victorian Government, Federal Government

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, through their peak body representatives, will share decision making with governments through a new Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap.

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Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc.

Media releases

NDIS and aged care funding essential to ensure the most vulnerable Aboriginal people aren’t left beh

Change the focus to Close the Gap

Federal Budget robbing Aboriginal people with disabilities to pay for tax cuts

Partnership agreement brings self-determination closer for Aboriginal people