The 2022 election is an opportunity for Victoria’s politicians to dream big and commit to policies that will deliver for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the immediate and…

Click here for the Notice of Annual General Meeting and Explanatory Notes. Date: 9th December 2021Time: 1.30pm (Melbourne Time)Place: Aunty Bunta Community Room, 273 High Street, Preston, VIC, 3072 and…

Delivered by George Selvanera, Acting CEO, on Thursday 21 October 2021 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Thank you very much Chair. First let me acknowledge that I am coming to you today…

5 October 2021 Corrections Victoria have announced that 36 people across five of Victoria’s prisons currently have COVID-19. Prisons have a similar risk profile to aged care facilities in terms…

Originally published by the Human Rights Law Centre A Federal Court case has been launched against the Morrison Government, seeking fair and equal access to the Age Pension for Aboriginal…

MEDIA RELEASE 20 September 2021 Raymond Noel Lindsay Thomas (referred to as “Raymond Noel” for cultural reasons) was a proud Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Wiradjuri man. Raymond Noel died in a…

3 September 2021 The VALS Board is delighted that we can accept new clients in the week of 6 September, further to a decision to lift a new client intake…

2 September 2021 VALS welcomes the Victorian Government’s announcement today that they will proceed with legislation to make Victoria a fairer place for everyone. The Victorian Government has committed itself…

MEDIA RELEASE 17 August 2021 The imposition of curfews this week raises the troubling prospect that the Andrews Government has not learnt from the decision-making errors it made during the…

Download the invite by clicking here. VALS will be hosting a legal information webinar on Thursday 12 August 2021, from 1pm to 2.30pm. We encourage all mob in Victoria to…