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Vale Jan Daisley, ‘A Mighty Activist’

Wendy Williams, Friday, 7th July 2017 -  Leading disability advocate and a founding member and former president of People With Disability Australia, Jan Daisley has died. PWDA announced her death on Facebook on Wednesday…

NDIS ‘Marketplace’ Leads to Cross Sector Collaboration

Rachel McFadden, Thursday, 6th July 2017 -  A not for profit and a private NDIS provider have joined forces to provide more holistic solutions for people living with disability in the Northern Sydney region of NSW. Hit 100, a…

Victoria Cuts Disability Contracts with NFP Provider Lifestyle Solutions

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 5th July 2017 -  The Victorian government has cut contracts with NSW-based disability services provider Lifestyle Solutions after an independent review identified a number of concerns in relation…

Industry Paper Outlines DES Reform

Wendy Williams, Monday, 3rd July 2017 -  A new industry information paper has been released by the Australian government outlining the future arrangements for the Disability Employment Services (DES) program. In this…

Scholarships for ‘Board Ready’ Women in the Disability Sector

Wendy Williams, Friday, 30th June 2017 -  Women working in the disability sector are being called on to apply for new scholarships to access world-class governance education in a bid to drive an increase in the number of women…

A Brief History of the NDIS – Timeline

Wendy Williams, Friday, 30th June 2017 -  The National Disability Insurance Scheme is Australia’s biggest social policy project since Medicare. As we reach the one year milestone since the national rollout began, Pro Bono…

Senate Rejects Changes to Disability Support Pension

Rachel McFadden, Tuesday, 27th June 2017 -  Australia’s peak body for social services has welcomed the senate’s rejection of a proposal to deny people with a serious substance addiction access to the Disability Support Pension.…

Sector Calls for Urgent Action to Secure NDIS

Rachel McFadden, Monday, 26th June 2017 -  Australia’s leading disability advocacy bodies and the nation’s peak body for social services has called on the government to act urgently to secure the future of the NDIS. In a joint…

Different Does Not Mean Bad

Bill Gamack, Friday, 23rd June 2017 -  Senator Pauline Hanson’s comments that children with disability should be removed from mainstream classrooms could have a damaging impact on how disability is viewed in Australia,…

Disability Advocates Celebrate the End of Australia’s ‘Book Famine’

Rachel McFadden, Monday, 19th June 2017 -  Disability advocates are celebrating an end to the so-called “book famine”, which saw the restriction of accessible books to blind, partially sighted and dyslexic Australians …

Productivity Commission Warns NDIS is at Risk

Rachel McFadden, Friday, 16th June 2017 -  The success and financial sustainability of the NDIS is at risk, a position paper from the Productivity Commission has found. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Costs…

Disability Enterprise Creates a Buzz Around Employment

Wendy Williams, Monday, 29th May 2017 -  An initiative to build bee frames to be sold to beekeepers around the country is helping people with disability enter the workforce. Coffs Harbour-based not for profit New Horizons…

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