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Welcome to the new-look Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) website. The site has been redesigned to help make it easier to find important information including forms and publications, and better understand the work that OPA does to help protect and promote the rights of people with a disability. The new website also showcases our volunteer programs, and we hope that by exploring them you will be encouraged to become an OPA volunteer. |
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Important news: Annual reports tabled in Parliament, 15 October 2009
OPA provides two annual reports to Parliament each year, the
Office of the Public Advocate Annual Report and the Community Visitors Annual Report.
OPA utilises every opportunity to contribute to new legislation, regulations and processes that can help protect the human rights of people with a disability.
Our most recent submission was to the State Government review of Powers of Attorney. These are mechanisms by which Victorians with a cognitive impairment can exercise some control over their affairs through the appointment of an attorney to act in their best interests. OPA made a number of recommendations, including bringing together the three current acts into one. For more information, read the full submission.
OPA has also recently made a submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission Inquiry into supporting young people in police interviews. This submission draws on information and experiences from the Independent Third Person Program, one of our volunteer programs. In this submission, OPA calls for young people to be afforded greater assistance when being interviewed by police. For more information, read the full submission.
To find out more about OPA's work, the role of the Public Advocate, and our volunteer programs, please feel free to browse through this site. Use the Contact Us form if you have any questions or comments.