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Click here to read VACCA's Submission to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Safety Plan consultation.
This submission proposes key priorities and actions that the Family Safety Plan should focus on to create real and sustainable change for affected families, including the establishment of a national Aboriginal Family Violence peak body, early intervention practices and the improvement of mainstream and government service responses.
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Click here to read VACCA's submission to the Yoorrook Justice Comission on family violence in Victoria.
This submission looks at: Aboriginal family violence in Victoria; the Victorian Government’s family violence reform agenda; the child protection system’s response to family violence; family violence service delivery; policing and legislative responses to family violence; MARAM and VACCA’s leadership in embedding a cultural lens; consistency across jurisdictions; the implementation of international treaties and declarations; the intersection of family violence and homelessness; and reform priorities.
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VACCA welcomes the opportunity to provide evidence for consideration as part of the landmark parliamentary inquiry into missing and murdered First Nation women and children, we hope this can help bring justice to the many Aboriginal women and children who have been murdered or gone missing and have not received adequate responses and support from the justice and coronial systems. This submission builds on testimony provided by VACCA’s CEO, Muriel Bamblett AO to the Inquiry. VACCA’s feedback is based on our unique position as a Victorian ACCO providing a suite of services across the state supporting children, young people, families and community members. We have protected and promoted the rights of Aboriginal children and families for over 40 years. VACCA believes that all children have a right to feel and be safe and live in an environment that is free from abuse, neglect and violence. We are committed to promoting and upholding the rights of Aboriginal children to maintain and celebrate their identity and culture, recognising that connection to culture is critical for children’s emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing.
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VACCA provided a submission to inform the Federal Government’s development of the new National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2023.
Click here to read our submission.
