Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service

Jacinta ERMACORA (Western Victoria) (19:32): (1649) In this reconciliation week my adjournment matter is for the Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny, and the action I seek is an update on the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, VALS, in Warrnambool. The 2025–26 budget announced last week funding of $14 million to support Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service’s regional hubs in Mildura, Bendigo, Morwell and Warrnambool and Koori women’s and men’s diversion programs in Gippsland and Mildura. The ongoing funding is significant for VALS to continue their work in Warrnambool since opening in July 2022. I look forward to an update from the Attorney-General on how Warrnambool VALS has progressed over the past three years.