Sexual Assault Services Victoria (SASVic) warmly welcomes the Victorian Government’s continued investment in supporting people impacted by sexual violence and harm in today’s budget, but cautions more investment will be needed in the future to meet the growing demand for the state’s specialist sexual assault and harmful sexual behaviour services. As the peak body for […]
SASVic’s response to the 2026-27 Victorian state budget Read More »
You can now read SASVic’s response to the 2026-27 Victorian Budget. Sexual Assault Services Victoria (SASVic) is the peak body for specialist sexual assault and harmful sexual behaviour services in Victoria. We work to promote rights, recovery and respect for all those impacted by sexual violence and harm, including children and young people. Sexual violence
Sexual Assault Services Victoria 2026-2027 Budget Submission Read More »
The peak body for specialist sexual assault and harmful sexual behaviour services, SASVic, is disappointed that today’s budget does not deliver the urgent change needed on sexual violence. We asked the government for an initial investment of $9 million to deliver: Ask: A long promised transformationalsexual violence strategy. Budget result: No funding for theoverdue strategy. Ask:
Action on sexual violence still on hold Read More »
SASVic welcomes yesterday’s Victorian state government’s budget announcement. Importantly, the government has acted on our concerns about the negative impacts of short-term boost funding in relation to staffing and program certainty. The new funding, while a modest amount, is ongoing. We know that this funding does not adequately address the long waiting times for survivors
SASVic initial response to 2023-2024 state budget Read More »
