Working with community
The Victoria Police Priority and Safer Communities Division meets with peak bodies and community stakeholder organisations on a quarterly basis through formal Portfolio Reference Groups.
Membership on these Portfolio Reference Groups has been established through invitation and is reviewed on a regular basis.
The Portfolio Reference Groups provide advice, expertise and feedback to assist Victoria Police in their engagement with diverse communities.
Reference Groups
- Aboriginal Community Justice Panels
- Aboriginal Victoria
- Commission for Aboriginal Children and Young People
- Koorie Youth Council
- Kulin Nation
- Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA)
- Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
- Victorian Aboriginal Community Services Association Ltd (VACSAL)
- Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI)
- Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS)
- Amaze
- Blind Citizens Australia
- Brain Injury Australia
- Carers Victoria
- Dementia Australia
- Different Journeys
- Disability Justice Australia
- First Peoples Disability Network
- Inclusive Rainbow Voices
- Spectrum Intersections
- Office of the Public Advocate
- Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability (VALID)
- Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service
- Women with Disabilities Victoria
- Yellow Ladybugs
- Youth Disability Advocacy Service
- African Think Tank(opens in a new window)
- Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation(opens in a new window)
- Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
- Centre for Ethical Leadership
- Centre for Multicultural Youth(opens in a new window)
- Commission for Children and Young People(opens in a new window)
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Premier and Cabinet
- Disability Services Commissioner
- Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria
- Federation of Community Legal Centres
- Human Rights Law Centre
- Justice Connect, Homeless Law
- Law Institute of Victoria
- Maurice Blackburn
- Mental Health Complaints Commissioner
- Office of the Public Advocate
- Victims of Crime Assistance League
- Victoria Legal Aid
- Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS)
- Victorian Council of Social Services
- Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC)
- Victorian Multicultural Commission
- Victorian Pride Lobby
- Youthlaw
- Anti-Violence Project
- Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council
- Better Health Network (formerly StarHealth)
- Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Victoria – Equality Portfolio
- Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ Communities
- EROS Association
- Intersex Human Rights Australia (formerly OII Australia)
- LGBTIQ+ Family Violence Practitioners (CSV)
- Liberty Victoria
- Many Coloured Sky
- Midsumma
- Minus 18
- Pacifique X
- Q+Law – Fitzroy Legal Service
- QueerSpace
- Rainbow Local Government
- Royal Melbourne Hospital - LGBTIQA+ Patient Liaison
- Rural Pride Australia
- Switchboard Victoria
- Thorne Harbour Health
- Transcend Australia
- Transgender Victoria
- Uniting Vic.Tas
- Val’s LGBTI Ageing and Aged Services
- Victorian Pride Centre
- Victorian Pride Lobby
- Victorian Trades Hall Council
- Vixen Collective
- Council to Homeless Persons
- County Court Victoria
- Forensicare
- Foundation House
- Headspace
- Justice Connect
- Mercy Mental Health
- Mind Australia
- Monash Health
- Neami National
- Office of the Public Advocate
- Orygen Youth Mental Health
- SANE Australia
- Tandem Incorporated
- Victoria Legal Aid
- Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association
- Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council
- African Think Tank
- Arabic Welfare Inc
- Association of Hazaras in Victoria
- Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council
- Australian Muslim Women's Centre for Human Rights
- Australian Vietnamese Women's Association
- Centre for Multicultural Youth
- Department of Family, Fairness and Housing (DFFH)
- Department of Home Affairs
- Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria
- Federation of Indian Associations of Victoria
- Islamic Council of Victoria
- Jewish Community Council of Victoria
- Monash University
- New and Emerging Communities Network
- Union of Greater Upper Nile States Inc.
- United Pasifika Council of Victoria
- Victorian Multicultural Commission
- Aged & Community Care Providers Association
- Aged Care Assessment Service
- Carers Victoria
- Celebrate Ageing
- Council on the Ageing Victoria (COTA)
- Dementia Australia
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria(opens in a new window)
- Leading Age Services Australia (Victoria)(opens in a new window)
- Municipal Association of Victoria
- Office of the Public Advocate
- Seniors Rights Victoria
- State Trustees(opens in a new window)
- VicRoads(opens in a new window)
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