• Information in your language

    Information in your language

    New OPA fact sheets provide information about planning for your future in 17 community languages

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  • Joan Scott inducted into 2019 Victorian Honour Roll of Women

    Joan Scott inducted into 2019 Victorian Honour Roll of Women

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  • Walk with Me, Talk with Me

    Walk with Me, Talk with Me

    OPA releases Aboriginal practice guide

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  • Watch online: Disabling Justice

    Watch online: Disabling Justice

    Why the system fails people with disability and mental illness. 

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  • AFDO receives 2019 Public Advocate Award

    AFDO receives 2019 Public Advocate Award

    The Award recognises the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations' role in fearlessly taking on major systemic issues that impact on the human rights of people with disability.

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  • Resources for carers of people with disability

    Resources for carers of people with disability

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  • Can your adult patient consent? A new app for health practitioners

    Can your adult patient consent? A new app for health practitioners

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The Victorian Public Advocate is empowered by law to promote and safeguard the rights and interests of people with disability.

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2018 Annual Report tabled  

The report thanks the State Government for recognising in its budget the substantial increase in need for OPA’s services in recent years, and notes the impact of changes in medical treatment legislation and the NDIS on the work of the office.

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