Our meals program with charities has reached a total of one million meals provided to people in need during COVID-19.
Legislative Assembly Speaker Colin Brooks and Legislative Council President Nazih Elasmar have congratulated and thanked Parliament’s catering team and the charities involved for their efforts supporting vulnerable Victorians.
The latest Parliamentary Library Webinar has explored how social procurement can create opportunities for disadvantaged jobseekers.
The online forum brought together a group of experts and practitioners to respond to the new research paper ‘The Promise of Social Procurement’ authored by Maria Mupanemunda, Parliamentary Library Fellow and Social Policy Researcher at the Brotherhood of St Laurence.
On the International Day of People with Disability, our Presiding Officers have launched a Disability Action and Inclusion Plan for the Parliament.
The plan outlines a series of actions and initiatives to be achieved over the next three years to make the Victorian Parliament more accessible to and inclusive of people with disability.
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has released its independent analysis of the Department of Treasury and Finance’s 2020/21 Budget, published at pbo.vic.gov.au.
The PBO found that the 2020/21 Budget shows:
Dr Inbar Levy from the Melbourne Law School has presented the Parliamentary Library’s third webinar.
Conducted in association with Victorian Parliamentarians for STEM, the webinar explored the bright but modest potential of algorithms in the courtroom.
