Victoria is one of the greatest places in the world to live, work and play. Victorians are innovative, compassionate, creative and hard-working.
At the Department of Health, we're focused on supporting Victorians to be as healthy as they can. We're ensuring care is closer and more accessible than ever, reducing pressure on our hospitals' emergency departments, and supporting our community to get the right care at the right time. We're also fostering a stronger and more sustainable health workforce, placing Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands, and making mental health services more accessible.
Our department safeguards Victorians' most valuable asset – their health and wellbeing – and it is a privilege to partner with our community and our health services to help improve the health and wellbeing of every single Victorian.
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The department acknowledges the strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the Country and the power and resilience that is shared as members of the world’s oldest living culture.
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First People and recognise the richness and diversity of all Traditional Owners across Victoria.
We recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Victoria practice their lore, customs and languages, and nurture Country through their deep spiritual and cultural connections and practices to land and water.
We are committed to a future based on equality, truth and justice. We acknowledge that the entrenched systemic injustices experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples endure, and that Victoria’s ongoing treaty and truth-telling processes provide an opportunity to right these wrongs and ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have the freedom and power to make the decisions that affect their communities.
We pay our deepest respect and gratitude to ancestors, Elders, and leaders – past and present. They have paved the way, with strength and fortitude, for our future generations.
Reviewed 29 August 2024