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WA Agency Backs State’s Resistance to NDIS

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 16th May 2013 - A West Australian disability support agency has supported the WA Government’s refusal to sign on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, DisabilityCare. Not for Profit…

BUDGET: Historic Funding Commitment to Disability Scheme

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 15th May 2013 - The Not for Profit sector has applauded the Federal Budget’s move to fully fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme – DisabilityCare into the future. The Budget…

Help Centre App for People with Disabilities

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 14th May 2013 - A new smartphone application developed to provide a 24-hour support service for people with disabilities could offer a new platform for autonomy in their daily lives, according…

Nominations Open for National Disability Awards

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 14th May 2013 - Disability advocate and 2011 Senior Australian of the Year Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum AO, has been named as this year’s patron for International Day of People with Disability…

NFPs React to Victorian Budget

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 7th May 2013 - The Victorian Council of Social Service, VCOSS says the State Budget cherry-picks a few big-ticket projects, but doesn’t sufficiently invest for the long term to improve…

Opinion

Myer Boss Should ‘Get On Board” With Disability Employment

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 7th May 2013 - Public comments by Myer CEO Bernie Brookes that a levy to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme is "not good for our customers" demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding…

NDIS To Be ‘Considered’ – Opposition

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 2nd May 2013 - The Federal Opposition says it will consider supporting the increase in the Medicare Levy to help fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme before the September Federal Election.…

Spotlight

SPOTLIGHT ON SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: Lessons from a Disability Enterprise

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 1st May 2013 - While social enterprises are on the rise it is not always easy for these businesses-for-good to stay afloat, as one Newcastle-based social enterprise discovered earlier this year…

Two More States Sign up to NDIS

Staff Reporter, Monday, 22nd April 2013 - Two more governments have signed off on the DisabilityCare Australia agreement, following the announcement of South Australia committing to the deal last week. The Australian…

Opinion

Bailing Out With a Broken Bucket

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 9th April 2013 - What Australia needs is a review that tackles the complexity of the income support system including how it interacts with the tax system, our approach to supporting disabled people…

Report Reveals Digital Divide for Women with Disabilities

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 4th April 2013 - There’s a disturbing level of disadvantage faced by women with disabilities in accessing information and communication technologies (ICT) according to a new report released…

Disabled People More Likely Live in Poverty – ACOSS

Staff Reporter, Friday, 22nd March 2013 - Some 620,600 people with disability in Australia are living below the poverty line used to measure financial hardship in wealthy countries, according to a new report by welfare peak…

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