Health promotion fights the influence of big businesses that make billions in profit from products that cause preventable diseases, like big tobacco, alcohol, and junk food.

Late last year Labor announced that they’re abolishing VicHealth, Victoria’s only health promotion foundation.

VicHealth works on sun smart campaigns, they help people quit smoking and vaping, and they take on the major corporations who benefit from making us sick. Industries like big tobacco and junk food companies that the old parties are too timid to oppose. 

Now, Victorian Labor is absorbing VicHealth into the Department of Health, taking away their independence and ability to stand up to big corporations. This effectively means VicHealth will disappear.

Our government spends billions treating preventable diseases. VicHealth’s budget is just 0.15% of our state’s health budget, but the behaviours they promote and support they provide can keep hundreds if not thousands of Victorians from the pain and costs of preventable diseases like cancers and chronic illnesses. VicHealth saves us money, and a lot of pain. 

I’m asking for your help to save VicHealth. I’ve started a parliamentary petition and I need your signature.

Sign the petition

The Greens are sponsoring a petition demanding Labor reverse their decision and save VicHealth. 

If it reaches 2000 paper signatures, we can force a special debate in Parliament.

Can you help collect paper petition signatures in your community?

Download and a copy of the petition below. Make sure you return or mail the original printed and signed pages (not a photocopy or image) to my office, G02/272 Barkly Street, Brunswick, 3056

Contact us on [email protected] or (03) 9384 1241 with any questions.n below and collect signatures in your community, or pop into any Victorian Greens MPs offices to add your name.