ECCV is pleased to contribute to the Victorian Government’s Plan for Fairer, Safer Housing and review of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (RTA) on the matter of regulation of property conditions in the rental market including landlord and tenant responsibilities for...
This submission has been drafted by a community organisation and not intended to be primarily from a legal perspective. It is based on insights from the ECCV’s work in the area of ageing and aged care and its project to prevent elder abuse in ethnic communities. The...
ECCV is pleased to be invited to contribute to the Electoral Matters Committee’s Inquiry into Electronic Voting and applauds the Victorian Electoral Commission’s (VEC) commitment to expand access to electronic voting for Victorians. ECCV has a strong history in...
ECCV has been invited to provide feedback to the Commonwealth Department of Health in relation to the operationalisation of the Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) Programme Manual. The STRC programme will commence in early 2017. It aims to improve the wellbeing of its...
As part of ECCV’s policy advocacy on behalf of seniors from non-English speaking backgrounds, ECCV wrote letters to the Greens, Australian Labor Party, and Liberal Party of Australia asking each party five questions in relation to their election commitment to seniors...
The Commissioner for Senior Victorians’ report titled Ageing is everyone’s business, a report on isolation and loneliness among senior Victorians needs to be inclusive of Victorian seniors from non-English speaking backgrounds, their families and carers. ECCV believes...
