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Why does it take so long to make changes in parliament? This video breaks down the process of law making. Watch now. In partnership with @victorianparliament

Ever wondered how laws are made? This short Auslan video explains how laws come to life – from ideas to Acts.
In partnership with @victorianparliament

Today, I am at the Anti-hate summit hosted by Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission and proudly supporting our work to reduce discrimination and hate against different people. Here is a photo with the Human Rights Commissioner, Ro Allen

Learn about how the Parliament of Victoria works – in Auslan! This video is the first in our new series, making civics more accessible to the deaf community, created in partnership with @victorianparliament

Deaf education? employment? deaf hub? other? We need your help to decide whats important to YOU!
https://forms.office.com/r/yEUp9RZttt
Deaf or hard of hearing people in Victoria: Pick you top 4 most important issues for us to advocate for you!

Well done Gary! Recognition is way overdue!

Some highlights from our 43rd AGM, held last Friday at the Victoria Hotel. What a fantastic turnout we had, in addition to two outstanding guest presenters:
• Dr Alastair McEwin AM - Deaf disability and human rights consultant
• Paul Edbrooke MP - Parliamentary Secretary for Mental ...Health and Suicide Prevention

A huge thank you to our valued members and community for joining us, contributing your ideas, and helping shape the future of Deaf Victoria. We hope you enjoyed the evening and look forward to seeing you again next year!

Congratulations to VCE students at VCD! So pleasing to see students progressing and we wish them all the best in the future.

Open captions update! Only 1.85% of all sessions in one week by Hoyts were Open Captioned! Yes, less than 2%!
Foreign language sessions were available at 9% of all sessions. This is five times more!
Thank you to all the volunteers who did the number crunching for us.
Christmas and the ...holidays is coming up but still no substantial improvements for us.
Still no news from VCAT, they have a long list of cases.

Big news! ✨
We’re thrilled to announce our two guest presenters for this year’s AGM:

▫️ Dr Alastair McEwin AM: Deaf leading disability and human rights consultant
▫️ Paul Edbrooke MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health & Suicide Prevention

Both ...bring expertise, strong commitment to inclusion, and insights that directly affect deaf and hard of hearing Victorians. If you care about advocacy, systemic change, or the future of our community, you’ll want to be in the room for this.

Join us at the Victoria Hotel next Friday! Tickets are $0 but are almost sold out - so don't miss out, get yours here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/deaf-victorias-43rd-agm-tickets-1963764386142

Yesterday, our team joined the Parliament of Victoria @victorianparliament for a special morning tea to celebrate Parliament in Auslan, a soon-to-be-launched, new series of short Auslan videos designed to support deaf and hard of hearing Victorians to understand and engage with Parliament.

... This project has been years in the making, built on long-standing collaboration between Deaf Victoria and the Parliament’s Community Engagement team. It’s an exciting step toward improving access, representation, and participation for our community.

Huge thank you to everyone involved in bringing these resources to life. We’re proud to continue building inclusive resources together. Keep an eye out for our videos on social media soon!

Success! Deeaf Women Victoria and Deaf Victoria were successful in a grant application from the Victorian Women's Benevolent Trust! The grant will fund DWV's 2026 program. Please contact DWV to get more information: deafwomenvictoria@gmail.com
Congratulations DWV and we lookforward to... seeing the photos and videos next year 🙂

Well done to Auslan interpreters who fought for better pay and conditions.

Visited St Albans East Primary School yesterday! Thank you so much to Catherine Miller, a Deaf teacher of the deaf for the tour!
The school has an amazing program for 9 children in a school with new buildings.

Our campaign to get funding back for deafConnectEd got picked up by Auslan90! Check out the video

You a TAFE student or ex-TAFE student? We NEED you! The media is interested in interviewing you about the supports you got from deafConnectEd.
Email us!