Policy submissions and position statements

On 25 April 2025, the Victorian Drug Checking Service operated at The Warehouse Project at The Timber Yard from 4.30pm–8.30pm. We analysed 51 samples. We…

On 12 April 2025, Victoria’s drug checking service operated at Ultra Australia music festival at Flemington Racecourse from 1.30pm-7.30pm. We analysed 81 samples. We had…

On 7-9 March 2025, Victoria’s drug checking service operated at Pitch Music and Arts festival in Moyston, Victoria from 12-6pm. We analysed 557 samples. We…

Victoria’s Drug Checking Service operated at Hardmission music festival in Werribee, Victoria on February from 2-7pm.

We analysed 80 samples. We had health and harm…

Victoria’s Drug Checking Service operated at Beyond The Valley music festival located in Hesse, Victoria over four days, 28-31 December 2024.

The service was…

Read this Welcome Pack for Family and Carers if a young person in your life has recently been connected with YSAS.

Read this Welcome Pack for Young People if you have recently been connected with YSAS.

The Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS) stands alongside and acknowledges the strengths, agency, and resilience of victim-survivors of family violence. Holding a vision of…

The Resilience-based Practice Framework outlines our model of care and Five ‘Key Practices’ that are employed by our practitioners and within our programs to ensure…

These Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Adolescent Withdrawal Guidelines have been developed as a resource to support clinicians who are working with adolescents seeking to…