YourSay SASVic

About YourSay SASVic

Welcome to YourSay SASVic 

Submit your proposal for addressing sexual violence in Victoria.

SASVic needs your help to ensure the voices of victim survivors of sexual violence and the broader community are heard loud and clear by our political leaders. SASVic is inviting the community to put forward proposals for policy change, whether on victim survivor rights or how to prevent sexual violence in the first place. 

The platform will be open from Monday 13 October until Sunday 23 November 2025

The proposals submitted via our YourSay platform will then be reviewed by a panel of victim survivors, who will together select one proposal to bring to SASVic. SASVic commits in advance to advocate on the chosen proposal in the lead up to the 2026 Victorian state election. 

SASVic is calling for your proposals because we know that victim survivor and community perspectives are key to effective action on preventing, responding to and ending sexual violence in Victoria.

We believe victim survivors should have the right to inform the systems that impact them and YourSay represents one way in which SASVic is seeking to promote this right.

SASVic will announce the chosen proposal on Monday 30 March 2026.  

To learn more about SASVic, visit our website 

 

Help with your proposals

SASVic is calling for your Proposals on addressing sexual violence in Victoria. If your proposal is selected by the Victim Survivor Community Priorities Panel, SASVic commits to advocating on it in the lead up to the 2026 Victorian state election. 

 

Sexual violence: What do we need to ask the Government to do differently?

On the next page, you'll be asked the questions below as a way to best bring out and fully explain your proposal to others.

  • What is your proposal? (1-2 sentences; a basic summary; picture the Premier standing in front of you asking you what you think we should do)  
  • What is your reason for proposing this? Why do you think this will make a difference? (3-5 paragraphs; help people understand how you came to form this view; if appropriate, personal stories are helpful and welcome here)  
  • Can you offer any supporting evidence? (This can be based on your experience, or something you have read about happening outside Victoria, or a statistic that supports your proposal and reasoning. Our discussion paper could be helpful for you. Please note that you do not need to disclose any personal experience if you do not wish to.  
  • Do you want people to consider any other sources or reading? (Insert links: if you were persuaded or want everyone to be aware of a story you have read, then provide a link so they can read that and be on the same page as you)

 

Our discussion paper has helpful background, facts and figures which you could find useful to develop your proposal - take a look here.

This paper provides information and context to help you develop an idea for preventing, responding to or ending sexual violence in Victoria. 

SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL

 

A note from SASVic

SASVic represents services that provide counselling support to victim survivors, but SASVic staff are not qualified to offer therapeutic support. We encourage people who wish to submit an idea, and who feel they need to, to pre-prepare your own support, including through family and friends.

If you are in Australia, and this is an emergency, please contact 000

If you are in distress and in need of immediate support, you can call Life Line on 13 11 14 (24/7)

If you live in Victoria, you can:

  • locate your local specialist sexual assault service online here: peak.sasvic.org.au/servicemap

  • Contact the Sexual Assault Crisis Line after hours, on 1800 806 292  

If you live in Australia, you can: 

If you live overseas please contact your local crisis service for support. 

 

SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL