Submission to IHACPA Consultation on Pricing Framework for Australian Support at Home Aged Care Services 2026–27
VACCHO urge IHACPA to act on its commitment to equity by providing detailed, scenario-based costing advice for full exemptions from aged care fees and co-contributions for Aboriginal and Torres…
Position Statements
Strengthening Aboriginal Health Care in Custodial Settings
VACCHO knows that placing healthcare in Aboriginal hands for Aboriginal people in custodial settings will break cycles of harm. Through holistic, culturally appropriate health and wellbeing care, we can…
Position Statements
Updated Position Statement on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care
After the Australian Government announced a delayed implementation of the Aged Care reforms, in line with VACCHO’s previous position on aged care, VACCH has updated its position statement to…
Reports
Summary of Yoorrook for Transformation: The Third Interim Report of the Yoorrook Justice Commission
The Yoorrook Justice Commission is Australia’s first formal truth-telling inquiry, led by First Peoples, into the historic and ongoing systemic injustices caused by colonisation. Its third and final interim…
Submissions
VACCHO Final submission to Yoorrook Justice Committee – Further Education Recommendations
The following is a VACCHOs submission to the Yoorrook Justice Committee regarding education. The submission calls for the Yoorrook Justice Committee to include in its recommendations to the Victorian…
Budget
Victorian Budget Summary 2025-26
VACCHO’s 2025-26 budget submission called for eight projects that would deliver value for money and would uplift the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal Victorians. The budget submission asked for…
Election
VACCHO Federal Election Score Card 2025
2025 Federal Election Score Card
Election
VACCHO Federal Election Platform 2025
Reports
Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Partnership Forum – March 2025 Communiqués
The March AHWPF Forum, co-chaired by VACCHO Chairperson and the Minister of Health was successfully held in the Aboriginal Advancement League. It included several presentations, departmental updates and question…
Reports
Systemic Failures Urgent Action – fixing the infrastructure crisis in Aboriginal health and wellbeing
ACCO infrastructure is not fit to accommodate the current demand for services, and without significant investment, it will not accommodate forecast demand.
Reports
Investing in Aboriginal health and wellbeing infrastructure
This report specifically investigates infrastructure owned and used by members of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
Submissions
Submission contribution to the Coalition of Peaks review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap
While VACCHO values the achievements of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (CtG), the CtG framework is misaligned with Aboriginal ways of knowing, being and doing, and many…
