Policy and Advocacy Areas

We develop evidence-based policy positions and advocate for volunteering at the national level on a wide-range of public policy issues.

Federal Election
Navigate to content on this page Federal Election Platform Incoming Government Brief Past Election Platforms [...]
More information
Federal Budget
Pre-Budget Submission 2026-27 Volunteering Australia’s Pre-Budget Submission called for targeted, strategic investment in volunteering to enable the Australian [...]
More information

Past Federal Elections

Federal Election Platform 2025
VOLUNTEER NATION: POSITIVE IMPACT, STRONG COMMUNITIES Volunteering is essential to the fabric of Australian society. It brings social, cultural, [...]
More information
Federal Election Platform 2022
Volunteering Australia Federal Election Platform 2022 All political parties and candidates should commit to a positive agenda on volunteering, including [...]
More information
Federal Election Platform 2019
Volunteering Australia is the national peak body committed to advancing volunteering in the Australian community. In the lead up to [...]
More information

Past Federal Budgets

Federal Budget 2025-2026
Federal Budget leaves nation’s volunteers behind Volunteering is essential to the fabric of Australian society. Crucial national priorities [...]
More information
Federal Budget 2026-2027
Pre-Budget Submission 2026-27 Volunteering Australia’s Pre-Budget Submission called for targeted, strategic investment in volunteering to enable the Australian [...]
More information
Federal Budget 2024-2025
Federal Budget lacks strategic consideration of volunteers Volunteers are central to key government priorities identified in the Budget, including the [...]
More information

12 Next

Other Advocacy & Campaigns

Take a look at some of the other work we have been involved with:

Disability Discrimination Act Review, 2025

In Australia, there are millions of volunteers and tens of thousands of volunteer involving organisations that could be impacted by expanding the coverage of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

Delivering quality care, 2025

Volunteers are an essential, but distinct component of Australia’s care workforce, with hundreds of thousands of volunteers contributing to care services every year.

Environment and climate change, 2024

Every year hundreds of thousands of volunteers work directly in the environmental and climate change space from conservation, rehabilitation, and adaption to tree planting, threatened species protection, land management, clean-up, wildlife rescue, recycling, education and citizen science to name a few.

Aged care, 2024

Volunteers are an essential, but distinct component of Australia’s aged care workforce. We welcome the considered inclusion of volunteers across the range of aged care reforms currently being implemented by the Australian Government.

Productivity Commission inquiry into Philanthropy (2024)

Recognising Volunteering in the Wellbeing Budget (2022-2023)

Advocating for volunteers in the care and support sectors (2022)

Advocating for the role of volunteering in mental health (2021)

Recognising the role volunteering plays for Australians living with disability (2021)

Volunteering by Indigenous people (2021)

Reinvigorating Volunteering (2021)

Aged care volunteer workforce (2020-21)

Bushfire response and recovery (2020-21)

Addressing the pandemic insurance gap for volunteers (2020)

Impact of COVID-19 and volunteering (2020)