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In 2018 the Victorian Parliament passed legislation to tighten Victoria’s bail laws, making them some of the world’s most stringent. These changes were in response to the shocking and tragic January 2017 Bourke Street...

Recently, the ResetLife team received a testimonial that spoke beautifully to the experience of one of our participants, not only over the 5 months he was with us, but also in the lead up...

For the past year, First Step has been the lead organisation for the Department of Health’s initiative, the Integrated Care Pilot (ICP).

At First Step we are delighted to officially launch our Strategic Plan 2022-26. Over six months we held numerous consultations and workshops with staff, the people we seek to help, partners and other stakeholders...

Our recent Thought Leadership Event explored the topic: ‘Is trauma treatable?’ with panel experts providing such varied insights into the treatment of trauma.

It’s no fun telling a client we don’t have a doctor available. Clients have said to me, ‘well, aren’t you a doctor’s surgery?’ Yes, we are. But we don’t always have GPs available. The...

The trickle of media stories about Australia’s General Practitioner (GP) shortage has turned into a flood. In fact, I think it is the first time an issue so critical to First Step has received...

We have a bulk billing crisis in Australia because Medicare is a monopolised, one-provider, nationalised insurance scheme. It is not a nationalised medical system. It was originally introduced in the Menzies era as a...

I’m one of the newest members of the First Step team and am seeing first-hand the impact the bulk billing crisis is having on medical services to the broader community. As a registered psychologist,...