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.

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Past Federal Elections

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Past Federal Budgets

Federal Budget 2020-2021
Volunteering sidelined in Federal Budget The Federal Budget has allocated no new funding to volunteering despite the devastating impact of [...]
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Federal Budget 2019-2020
Budget presents mixed results for Volunteering The federal budget has produced mixed results for the volunteering sector, with some [...]
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Federal Budget 2018-2019
There have been mixed results for volunteering in the 2018-19 Federal Budget. While we acknowledge the Government’s contributions to the [...]
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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)