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Supports in the time of COVID

Sara Gingold
DSC
Wednesday 19th January, 2022
The continuation of supports remains one of the biggest challenges for the disability sector. Many providers are increasingly worried about how they are going to continue delivering essential services with
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I applaud your work Dylan Alcott, but we can’t all ‘love’ our disability

Dr George Taleporos
The Guardian
Thursday 27th January, 2022
So I’m getting on the front foot and making a small request to the people of Australia in this year of Dylan Alcott: please don’t judge me and other disabled
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Dylan Alcott named Australian of the Year, becomes first person with a disability to win award

Daniel Jeffrey and Jorge Branco
Nine News
Tuesday 25th January, 2022
"We have to have greater representation of people with a disability absolutely everywhere," he said. "In our boardrooms, in our parliaments, in our mainstream schools, on our dating apps, on
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Tennis star and Paralympian Dylan Alcott named Australian of the Year for 2022

Stephanie Convery
The Guardian
Tuesday 25th January, 2022
It is the first time in the annual awards program’s 62-year history that a person with a visible disability has been named Australian of the Year, according to the award
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State seizes control of supported care homes over abuse, ‘uninhabitable conditions’

Jewel Topsfield
Brisbane Times
Thursday 13th January, 2022
The Victorian government has seized control of two supported care homes in Melbourne’s outer north-west after an investigation revealed coercion and abuse of residents, uninhabitable living conditions, forgery of signatures
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Experts call for a change of course on COVID, with urgent recommendations for care of people with disabilities

Melissa Sweet
Crokey
Monday 10th January, 2022
On 30 December, a senior psychiatrist tweeted out her frustration at mismanagement of the COVID pandemic in Australia using the “#LetItRip” hashtag. “Australia is a failing nation state with no
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NDIS recipients are being sued by their service providers

Jarni Blakkarly
Choice
Monday 17th January, 2022
Joshua and Nicole's case highlights a problem in the NDIS system where recipients of services end up taking on legal liability in the case of a dispute over payment. Jo
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People with disabilities are being left to sleep in their wheelchairs because support workers don’t have access to PPE and RATs

John Buckley
Business Insider
Friday 14th January, 2022
Under these current policy settings, experts say, Australians with disabilities are being left to fend for themselves, as workers with little to no workplace protection fall out of the workforce
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Covid-related staff shortages in Australian disability sector leave some without vital services

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Wednesday 12th January, 2022
Large swathes of the disability service sector have been forced into Covid isolation, leaving some clients without access to vital services, while a major provider has only been able to
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People with disability ‘at risk’ due to acute staff shortages across Australia

Akash Arora
SBS News
Monday 10th January, 2022
Staff shortages in the disability sector in Australia have gone from bad to worse due to a dearth of rapid antigen test kits and long queues at COVID-19 PCR testing
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Increased funding to uphold the rights of people with disability

Senator the Hon Anne Ruston
Media release
Monday 27th December, 2021

“A $41.6 million funding boost will enable over 81 providers across Australia to continue offering advocacy as well as trauma-informed counselling to support the work of the Disability Royal Commission,”…

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People with disability ‘completely overlooked’ as Omicron surges

Eden Gillespie
SBS News
Tuesday 21st December, 2021
But Ms Gibbs feels those with disability have been forgotten by state and federal governments as Australia reopens. “I can take all the personal responsibility in the world but if
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