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Tasmania Signs on to NDIS

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 3rd December 2015 - Tasmania has become the fourth Australian state to sign onto the full rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. The announcement, which coincided with International…

Senate Calls for Disability Abuse Royal Commission

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 26th November 2015 - Disability advocates have praised a Senate report calling for a Royal Commission into disability abuse to be established. After months of a Senate inquiry investigating claims…

Australia Denied Full Time Disability Discrimination Commissioner

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 16th November 2015 - Australia will be without a standalone Disability Discrimination Commissioner for at least another eight months, Attorney General George Brandis has announced. Senator Brandis…

Australia’s Human Rights Scorecard ‘Concerning’

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 10th November 2015 - Australia's asylum seeker policies and the treatment of people with disability have been heavily criticised in a review by the United Nation’s human rights body in Geneva…

Disability NFP Convenes Social Finance Think Tank

Ellie Cooper, Wednesday, 4th November 2015 - Philanthropic Trust, the Summer Foundation has convened experts in finance, law, housing and philanthropy to form the Social Finance Think Tank, charged with exploring impact…

Lack of Resources Hindering Disability Employment

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 2nd November 2015 - Limited resources are the main barrier for companies in implementing employment initiatives for people with disability, according to new figures from the Business Council of Australia.…

Finalists Named in National Disability Awards

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 29th October 2015 - Federal Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, has announced the 27 finalists for the 2015 National Disability Awards. “The National Disability Awards have been…

Planned NDIS Hourly Service Rates ‘Disastrous’

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 15th October 2015 - A major Not for Profit disability provider claims the new National Disability Insurance Scheme’s price guide for service providers will prove disastrous for both the Not…

Disability Employment an Antidote to Poverty

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 12th October 2015 - Disability advocates are calling on employers to recognise the skills, talents and contributions that people with disability can bring to the Australian workforce. To mark the…

Review Finds Yooralla has Turned a Corner

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 6th October 2015 - One of Australia’s largest disability service providers has been found to be safer for vulnerable people after a year plagued by sexual and financial abuse scandals. A six-month…

Call for Urgent Action on Abuse of Disabled Children

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 20th August 2015 - Australia’s disability sector has called for “swift” Government action after the Victorian Commissioner for Children and Young People, found that 166 children…

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