Media releases

VACCHO welcomes State Budget funding of $4.4m to improve social and emotional wellbeing in Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander communities during critical recovery phrase of COVID-19

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 13 November 2020

Tags: Victorian State Budget, Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, COVID-19, coronavirusAboriginal-led, balit durn durn, 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 welcomed a State Budget announcement of $4.4m in funding to improve social and emotional wellbeing in Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander communities during the critical recovery phrase of COVID-19.

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Historic report marks the first time in Victorian history that Aboriginal voices will be embedded into Victoria’s mental health system

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 11 November 2020

Tags: Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, Aboriginal-led, balit durn durn, 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

A historic report to be released today marks the first time in Victorian history that Aboriginal voices will be embedded into Victoria’s mental health system, a long overdue piece of work to support healing in our Communities.

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Victorian Government places Aboriginal mental health into safe Aboriginal hands

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 28 November 2019

Tags: Trevor Pearce, RCMH, Aboriginal health and wellbeing, Aboriginal mental health, Victorian Government, Interim Report, Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, CTG, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, ACCHO, ACCO, VACCHO, Victorian Government, self-determination, Australian Federal Government

The Interim Report from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System is welcomed by the Victorian Aboriginal community. Here is a report that finally reflects and recognises the challenges faced by the Aboriginal community and our tireless work to support and care for our community with at times very limited resources and infrastructure.

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VACCHO Applauds the Victorian Government for the Repeal of Public Drunkenness Laws

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 23 August 2019

Tags: Tanya Day, Trevor Pearce, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Drunkenness Laws Public Drunkenness Laws, Aboriginal-led solutions, truth-telling, Aboriginal voices, Victorian State Government, Daniel Andrews, Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System , VACCHO CEO, CTG, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, ACCHO, ACCO, VACCHO, Victorian Government, 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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Aboriginal voices will speak truths about Victoria’s First Nations mental health crisis

Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 15 July 2019

Tags: wellbeing, mental health services, Karen Heap, self-harm, Helen Kennedy, mental illness, mental health crisis, Aboriginal-led solutions, truth-telling, Aboriginal voices, Victorian State Government, Daniel Andrews, Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System , VACCHO CEO, 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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Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc.

Media releases

VACCHO welcomes State Budget funding of $4.4m to improve social and emotional wellbeing in Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander communities during critical recovery phrase of COVID-19

Historic report marks the first time in Victorian history that Aboriginal voices will be embedded into Victoria’s mental health system

Victorian Government places Aboriginal mental health into safe Aboriginal hands

VACCHO Applauds the Victorian Government for the Repeal of Public Drunkenness Laws

Aboriginal voices will speak truths about Victoria’s First Nations mental health crisis