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Inquiry into the Victorian Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Submissions) ⁽⁰¹⁾Gov Submissions

• All are PDFs
  • I have not had an opportunity to download/read them all yet
  • These were public submissions to the government inquiry to do with Victoria’s Lockdown
  • Submissions were welcome from the public up to Nov 2020.

Business & Community impact

(of lockdown & other COVID-19 response measures)

Submissions from Official Organizations in various sectors:

Aboriginal Community

• Aboriginal Executive Council AEC
• Aboriginal Executive Council AEC
• Aboriginal Executive Council AEC
• Djirra– Increase in Family Violence
• Aboriginal Housing Victoria
• Loddon Mallee Aboriginal Reference Group
• Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
• Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency
• Victorian Healthcare Association
• Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service

Aged & Palliative Care

• Carers Victoria
• Council on the Ageing Victoria
• Aged Care Crisis Inc
• Aged Care Crisis Inc
• Palliative Care Victoria

Animal Welfare

• RSPCA Victoria

Business, Retail, Industry, Agriculture

• Australian Institute of Health and Safety
• Exercise Sports Science Australia ESSA 13.02 MB
• Citrus Australia
• Australian Industry Group
• part 1. Cedar Meats part 110.83 MB
• part 2. Cedar Meats part 210.02 MB
• part 3. Cedar Meats part 310.32 MB
• SDA Victoria
• SDA Victoria 
• SDA Victoria 
• SDA Victoria 
• SDA Victoria
• Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria
• Arts Industry Council of Victoria – Without audiences, we lose income. Without income, we lose jobs. And this challenge will remain beyond the time when restrictions are lifted.

Disadvantaged members of the community

• SPELD Victoria (assists with learning difficulties)
• Association for Children with a Disability
• Children and Young People with Disability Australia
• Children and Young People with Disability Australia
• Children and Young People with Disability Australia
• Children and Young People with Disability Australia
• Gender Equity Victoria – 55% Victorian Women unemployed since the virus took hold in March. 2.17 million in Australia with temporary visas financially destitute due to working in industries hardest hit by pandemic such as retail & hospitality. No Jobseeker or Medicare access. 
• Jesuit Social Services – Certain groups and individuals have been at heightened risk during this crisis. This includes people without safe and secure housing, people in prison or immigration detention, people in aged care, people with chronic ill-health, and those who are unemployed or in insecure work. We recognise, too, the many Victorians working in essential services who continue to provide the crucial healthcare, social support, food, transport and other services that people rely on, in circumstances that often expose them to greater health risks. Re: Prisoners – We continue to call on the Victorian Government to release low-risk offenders, people on remand, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with chronic health conditions.
• Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre
• Victorian Pride Lobby

Drugs & Alcohol

• Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association
• Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association – Increase in family violence, mental health, financial stress

Education

• Early and Mid-Career Researcher Forum
• Grattan Institute
• Grattan Institute
• Grattan Institute
• Melbourne School of Population and Global Health and Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Financial Wellbeing, Debt, Unemployment

• Financial Counselling Victoria
• Consumer Policy Research Centre – 12 million Australians are concerned about their financial wellbeing as a result of COVID-19, Australians are drawing on finite resources and taking on debt to manage household expenses.
• Mallee Family Care
• Victorian Council of Social Service

Health & Wellbeing

• Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
• Medical Insurance Group Australia
• Public Pathology Australia
• The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
• Cohealth
• Australian Physiotherapy Association
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
• Australian Medical Association
• The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
• The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia

Housing & Real Estate

• Tenants Victoria
• Tenants Victoria
• Victorian Public Tenants Association
• Renters And Housing Union RAHU VIC
• Renters And Housing Union RAHU VIC 10.65 MB
• Flat Out Inc Harm Reduction Victoria
• Flat Out Inc Harm Reduction Victoria – on the 3000 residents of public housing towers
• Sacred Heart Mission

Legal

• Fitzroy Legal Service
• Royal Victorian Association of Honorary Justices
• Federation of Community Legal Centres
• Federation of Community Legal Centres
• Youthlaw – Fines are excessive and inappropriate for children and young people. People who cannot afford fines risk extremely serious consequences. 2000 14-17 year olds have been fined the same amount as adults. Language barriers.
• Australian Centre for Justice Innovation – report measuring & evaluating impacts of Remote Hearings in Civil Matters during pandemic
• Maurice Blackburn
• Justice Connect
• Gippsland Community Legal Service
• Liberty Victoria
• Womens Legal Service Victoria
• Consumer Action Law Centre
• Castan Centre for Human Rights Law 
• Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

Migrant Support, Multicultural Support

• Australian Muslim Social Services Agency
• Centre for Multicultural Youth
• Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria
• Multicultural Centre for Womens Health
• Multicultural Centre for Womens Health

Parents

• Parents Victoria Inc.1.21 MB 
• Parents Victoria Inc.1.20 MB
• Parents Victoria Inc.1.44 MB

Public Transport

• Bus Association Victoria Inc
• Public Transport Users Association

Young People

• Orygen – Orygen report (5 pages) signalling the severe psychological distress experienced by young people during the pandemic.
• Orygen – Full Headspace report (24 pages) describing young people’s use of telehealth during COVID-19.
• Orygen – Full Headspace report (31 pages) describing the impact of COVID-19 on young people accessing headspace services, in particular the impact on their mental health and wellbeing,
• Commission for Children and Young People
• Commission for Children and Young People 4.14 MB
• Youth Affairs Council Victoria – Loss of Social Interaction, Employment & Income, Education, Mental Illness, Health, Physical Health, Complications related to disability

Volunteer Sector

• Volunteering Victoria (covers every sector including advocacy, aged care, animal, arts, community services, disability, education, emergency services, environment, faith-based, health, heritage, justice, legal, local government, men’s sheds, mental health, migrant services, museums, neighbourhood houses, recreation, seniors, sport, tourism)

Government Responses

• La Trobe City Council
• Orygen – Report showing VIC Gov’s funding for young people during COVID-19
• COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry Full Report
• The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System – final report 3 February 2021
• Gov official response to the submissions ⁽⁰²⁾Inquiry into the Victorian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF 7.67 MB)

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