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Submissions

VACRO regularly makes joint or independent submissions to inquiries, reviews and discussion papers.

We welcome invitations to joint submissions and requests for comment on issues relevant to our work and policy priorities. Below is a selection of the most important submissions we’ve made.


2020
  • Inquiry into homelessness in Victoria, Parliament of Victoria 
2019
    • Inquiry into sustainable employment for disadvantaged job-seekers
    • Royal commission into mental health
    Selection of other papers
    • Family violence, homelessness and affordable housing (2015)
    • Justice Reinvestment Senate Committee (2013)
    • Parliamentary Inquiry into the Adequacy and Future Directions of Public Housing in Victoria (2010)
    • Police Powers (2010)
    • Attorney-General’s Spent Convictions Bill (discussion paper, 2010)
    • An Inclusive Court (County Court) (2010)
    • Prisoner Voting (2008)
    • National Child Protection Framework (discussion paper, 2008)

    Published: 14th April, 2020

    Updated: 3rd February, 2021

    Author: Sophie Raynor

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      At VACRO we acknowledge the traditional custodians throughout Victoria and pay our respects to Aboriginal Elders past, present and emerging. We also acknowledge the unique spiritual connections that Aboriginal people have to the land and respect their history, traditions and protocols.