News & UpdatesMEDIA RELEASE 30 November 2020 VALS Supports a Health Response to Public Intoxication, with Limited Police Involvement and Robust Safeguards VALS acknowledges the tireless advocacy of Tanya Day’s family, and…
Media Release – 25th November 2020 The Government’s Budget that was announced yesterday, which is so generous to Victoria Police, to Corrections and to Youth Justice, fails vulnerable Aboriginal people.…
MEDIA RELEASE 11 November 2020 The Victorian Aboriginal community must not be left behind in the COVID-19 recovery response Today the Victorian Government announced that it is investing $235 million…
MEDIA RELEASE 5 November 2020 Supporting rehabilitation – an important step to address the stigma and discrimination of having a criminal record VALS and the RMIT University Centre for Innovative…
VALS strongly opposes preventative detention forming part of the COVID-19 response VALS emphasises that any deprivation of liberty, even during a public health emergency, must not be arbitrary. The Charter…
MEDIA RELEASE 4 September 2020 Despite it being nearly 30 years since the recommendations were handed down by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, a further 439 Aboriginal…
MEDIA RELEASE 27 August 2020 VALS stands in solidarity with Tanya Day’s family at this incredibly difficult time, and supports their call for accountability and justice. The Day family has…
Tuesday 11 August 2020 In response to Premier Andrew’s declaration of a state ofdisaster in Victoria, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, legal and humanrights organisations are calling for strong safeguards…
On 5 July 2019, VALS made a submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. This is a supplementary submission to assist the Commission, specifically focusing on the…
The crucial and high-risk job of cleaning prisons to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak should be undertaken by professional cleaning staff, who have access to PPE MEDIA RELEASE 10 August 2020…