The Productivity Commission today released its final report into the review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (National Agreement). The report’s findings highlight the disappointing and piecemeal progress…

VALS wants governments to take bigger steps towards Closing the Gap and establishing real Aboriginal self-determination. VALS supports many community members with child protection and legal matters every day and…

Veronica Nelson was a proud Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman who should still be alive today. Veronica passed away in the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre Prison…

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VALS has advocated for the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to be legislated in Australia for many years. We are deeply frustrated that the Federal…

Today the family of Jeffrey Winmar will attend the Coroners Court of Victoria for the first directions hearing into the passing of Jeffrey Winmar. It is the beginning of a…

The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) is hosting a First Nations community consultation on racial and religious vilification and discrimination, with the support of VALS. We acknowledge…

The family of 28-year-old Noongar man Jeffrey Winmar have held a vigil for their beloved son, father, uncle, brother, and cousin, who tragically died in police custody in Victoria earlier…

Next week on 7 November 2023, being intoxicated in public will finally be decriminalised. This is an historic and long overdue reform, with laws repealing the offence coming into effect…