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VACCA Welcomes Parliamentary Debate for the Statewide Treaty Bill VACCA Supports Treaty as a Real Step Towards Self-Determination VACCA Recognised at 2025 Victorian Protecting Children Awards VACCA Welcomes Appointment of Inaugural National Commissioner Professor Sue-Anne Hunter Victorian government must now implement all Yoorrook recommendations Time for action: Aboriginal-led review reinforces need for greater commitment on Closing the Gap Aboriginal young people engage with culture at Dreamtime at the 'G What matters most: Aboriginal family violence services out of focus in Victorian State budget Aboriginal children, families, out of focus for federal election We can't undo damage of the past, but we must understand it: Seventeen years on, apology remains central to truth telling VACCA Statement on January 26 VACCA wins gold at the Australian Training Awards Help VACCA provide a magical Christmas for Aboriginal children and families Investment in respectful relationship education key to protecting Aboriginal children Lack of progress on Yoorrook recommendations disappointing, transformative change needed VACCA Triumphs at the Victorian Training Awards, Honoured as Large Employer of the Year Recommendations of inquiry ensure Aboriginal women and children remain invisible Walking back commitment to raising the age is walking away from Aboriginal children System change needed to close the gap on overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in out of home care VACCA announces support of the Petition to Increase the Care Allowance Morwell place-based partnership to address over representation of Aboriginal children in care Cultural Connection at Centre of Supported Housing Project for Aboriginal Young People Leaving Care VACCA CEO Muriel Bamblett awarded NAIDOC Person of the Year Keeping the fire burning: VACCA celebrates Aboriginal culture and resilience during NAIDOC Week A renewed name, continued purpose: supporting Aboriginal children and communities Vale Aunty Fay Carter We must remember: commemorating the Stolen Generations Will We Forgive? Victoria Police Apology to Stolen Generations Children and carers set to celebrate Aboriginal culture at Dreamtime at the G VACCA launches winter appeal to fund emergency relief for Aboriginal families facing homelessness     Improving the lives of Aboriginal children and families at the heart of State Budget Aboriginal voice driving reforms for children and families in Victoria National Commissioner to turn the tide on closing the gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children Youth-driven community arts projects celebrates local Aboriginal culture Now is the time for greater action and investment to close the gap Stronger together: a call for unity on January 26 VACCA launches 2023 Christmas Appeal to support Aboriginal children in care Aboriginal children need protection, not political point scoring No to Changing the Status Quo VACCA still says nothing less than Yes Walking Alongside Families Affected By Family Violence VACCA hosts events to celebrate NAIDOC Week alongside community Redressing the past by reforming the future for Aboriginal children and families Aboriginal children missing in Federal Budget, funding for family violence  Statement on National Close the Gap Day VACCA says nothing less than yes on the Voice to Parliament January 26: Our Survival Day Time To Own The Past VACCA Launches 2022 Christmas Appeal To Support Vulnerable Aboriginal Children VACCA's Response to The National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children Connecting LGBTIQA+ Community Through Rainbow Yarning Workshops Inaugural funding boost to support family violence research VACCA's Response to latest Closing the Gap Data Progress for Truth Telling, more is needed VACCA celebrates NAIDOC 2022 with events for clients and community VACCA Launches Crisis Appeal to Fund Emergency Relief Programs for Vulnerable Aboriginal Families Link-Up Victoria, VACCA to host first ever National Sorry Day Event Stolen Generations Reparation Scheme Announced VACCA and Link-Up Host 14th Anniversary of the National Apology to Stolen Generations VACCA and Vaccinations January 26: Not a Date to Celebrate COVID Vaccines Rapped! Aboriginal women and children deserve a future free from violence: An urgent call to close the gap Leadership through crisis - Celebrating extraordinary people in extraordinary times $1billion Federal investment towards Closing the Gap is a start to reform New redress scheme for Stolen Generations survivors in ACT, NT and Jervis Bay missing piece in national coverage Heal Country, Heal Ourselves Funding boost for Closing the Gap welcomed, but must filter down to Aboriginal communities Keeping Them in Sight - joint statement on the Out of Sight report Victorian state budget 2021-22 and a new financial year Funding to further self-determination within our education system Much needed funeral fund announced to support Stolen Generations 30 years on, Aboriginal lives still don't matter to government VACCA to lead nation's first Aboriginal-led child protection investigations pilot Aboriginal cultural safety not prioritised in the Final Report from the Royal Commission into Victoria's mental health system VACCA and Link-Up host the 13th Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations by the Australian Government January 26 - A day of mourning, not celebration UN Human rights session calls on Canberra to raise age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 VACCA joins the National Redress Scheme as a participating institution Victoria's children deserve a fair justice system Time for change on Public Drunkenness Laws VACCA's Response to the Victorian Government State Budget 2020/21 A message to commemorate National Sorry Day 2020 Investing in Aboriginal Community Control in COVID-19 Recovery Effort Statement from the VACCA CEO on Ombudsman Report 2020 Budget - VACCA's Response New Fund To Support Aboriginal Family Violence Sector BSL report - enabling economic security for single mothers and their children Lorna Cubillo, a pioneer who fought for the Stolen Generation, dies aged 81 New National Agreement on Closing the Gap to strengthen outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families Supporting self-determination in Aboriginal women raising their babies at home All Black Lives Matter - Aboriginal Deaths in custody and the killing of George Floyd Bringing them Home report: A living document 23 years on. VACCA welcomes Victorian Government's announcement of $77.5 million package to support vulnerable families and children VACCA welcomes establishment of Reparations Scheme for Stolen Generations Survivors in Victoria VACCA welcomes Victorian State Government commitment to introducing legislated spent convictions scheme in Victoria Aboriginal leaders call on the State Government to implement the Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness Framework New Framework to reduce criminalisation of young people in residential care will help stem the levels of incarceration of Indigenous young people VACCA supports call for overdue Reparations Scheme for Victorian Stolen Generations survivors on 12th Anniversary of the National Apology VACCA statement regarding 26 January: A day of mourning Prime Minister hosts historic meeting with the Coalition of Peaks on Closing the Gap GEGAC and VACCA to provide dedicated support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community affected by the bushfires VACCA welcomes the First Progress Report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability VACCA's response to the Victorian Government Aboriginal Affairs Report 2019 VACCA welcomes release of first interim report of the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System VACCA supports call for greater improvements to out-of-home care for Aboriginal children VACCA expands services and celebrates official opening of new Ovens Murray office in Wangaratta Over-representation of Aboriginal children and young people revealed in new report on suicide amongst children and young people in Victoria VACCA partner with Food Ladder and ACAH to launch new community development program VACCA recognised in 2019 Victorian Protecting Children Awards Inaugural Mollie Dyer Awards Winners Announced Time for action: Aboriginal-led review reinforces need for greater commitment on closing the gap