Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 27 October 2020
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Victorian Premier,
Daniel Andrews,
self determination,
coronavirus,
COVID-19,
move out of lockdown,
Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander,
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 praised Aboriginal communities across Victoria for doing the right thing as the state prepares to move out of lockdown.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 23 August 2019
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Tanya Day,
Trevor Pearce,
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody,
Drunkenness Laws Public Drunkenness Laws,
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Aboriginal voices,
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Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO,
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Australian Federal Government
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation commends the Victorian Government’s announcement yesterday that it would abolish archaic public drunkenness legislation.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 15 July 2019
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wellbeing,
mental health services,
Karen Heap,
self-harm,
Helen Kennedy,
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mental health crisis,
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truth-telling,
Aboriginal voices,
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Daniel Andrews,
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CTG,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO,
Victorian Government,
Australian Federal Government
The full extent of Victorian Aboriginal communities’ mental health crisis will come to light as the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System (the Royal Commission) commences an Aboriginal-specific public hearing this Tuesday.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications on 13 December 2017
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Jill Gallagher AO,
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Aboriginal Victorians,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO
The Board of the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has congratulated its CEO, Jill Gallagher AO, on her appointment as Treaty Advancement Commissioner for Victoria.
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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,
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Daniel Andrews,
Labor Government,
Ms Jill Gallagher AO,
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander,
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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 VACCHO Office of the CEO on 24 October 2017
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psychological distress,
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VACCHO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Balit Murrup, the Victorian Government’s new Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing Framework, has been warmly welcomed by the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO), on its launch today.
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Posted by VACCHO Policy Unit on 13 October 2017
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Lisa Thorpe,
Tony McCartney,
Robin Whyte,
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housing,
housing,
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Eastern Melbourne PHN,
Ken Wyatt AM,
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$842,000,
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Ms Jill Gallagher AO,
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Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Minister Wyatt announces $842,000 to support Bubup Wilam for Early Learning Aboriginal Child and Family Centre to continue to enhance the health and wellbeing for our children and families.
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Posted by VACCHO Policy Unit on 5 October 2017
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self-determination,
reform,
sustainability,
Victorian Government,
Daniel Andrews,
Labor Government,
Ms Jill Gallagher AO,
Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Plan,
Korin Korin Balit-Djak,
Louise Carey,
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander,
discrimination,
State government,
cultural safety,
respect,
mental distress,
Mental Health,
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 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) commends the Victorian Government for providing $7.1 million to build sustainability of Aboriginal community controlled organisations (ACCOs).
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Posted by VACCHO Policy Team on 19 March 2015
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National Close the Gap Day,
Close the Gap,
Aboriginal,
community,
health,
wellbeing,
Jill Gallagher AO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Hon. Daniel Andrews MP,
Coalition for Aboriginal Health Equality,
Council of Australian Governments,
COAG,
Partnerships,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector
Premier of Victoria, the Hon. Daniel Andrews MP hosted a Closing the Gap in Victoria event at Parliament House today to celebrate Victoria’s ongoing commitment to reducing health inequality for Victorian Aboriginal peoples.
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Posted by Fleur Smith, Advocacy Officer on 4 December 2014
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health outcomes,
health and wellbeing,
Victorian Cabinet,
Premier Daniel Andrews,
CTG,
Close the Gap,
Victorian State Election,
Aboriginal health,
ACCHO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controll,
Equal rights,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) congratulates Premier
Daniel Andrews on today’s announcement of the new Victorian Cabinet.
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