In August 2024, the AHPA Victoria-Tasmania Branch provided a submission to the Victorian Government consultation Developing a new plan for Victoria.
In the submission, AHPA calls on the Victorian Government to:
- Develop and implement a plan for Victoria that prioritises equitable health and wellbeing outcomes
- Engage and collaborate with the Victorian health promotion workforce to inform and deliver a plan for Victoria that incorporates innovative and evidence-based health promotion research, knowledge and practice.
In supporting a plan for Victoria, AHPA recommends that the plan includes:
- Embedding the voices of First Nations people in planning and design decision-making processes
- A Planning Framework that prioritises health outcomes
- Regionalised implementation with resourced support from the health promotion workforce
- Reviewing and reforming the Planning & Environment Act 1987 to promote health and wellbeing.
AHPA members Kate Lowsby, Swati Puri, Meg Scolyer, David Towl, Sarah Marko and Sanjilah Ullah prepared the submission.
Read the submission in full here.