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Royal Commission explores Quality and Safeguards

Jessica Quilty
Disability Services Consulting (DSC)
Monday 11th October, 2021
Safeguards and quality services are key areas of inquiry for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation (Royal Commission). Whilst the full report is not due to be
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Annual Financial Sustainability Report

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
Friday 8th October, 2021
this report provides a comprehensive financial picture of the NDIS based on the Scheme Actuary’s projections And uses historic experience to inform forward-looking assumptions as to participant numbers, exit rates,
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What do the confidentiality amendments mean for my client?

Your Story Disability Legal Support
Monday 4th October, 2021
Monday 30th October, 2023
This factsheet provides information about the new legislative protections for people giving confidential information to the Disability Royal Commission. It explains what the changes are, how they apply and how
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SDA Quarterly Report

NDIA
Monday 4th October, 2021
This report complements regularly released NDIA quarterly reports and the recently published SDA Market Information Statement, SDA Finder and SDA demand data. It features observations into publically available NDIA data
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Immoral and inexcusable’: how Australians in disability homes fell from the front of the vaccine queue

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Monday 4th October, 2021

“We started to get calls saying, ‘When are these guys showing up’?” says Moody, who was until June the chief executive of a peak body for national disability insurance scheme…

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Your AT Portal

AT Chat
Monday 4th October, 2021
The AT Portal introduces a new way for people with disability to get information about Assistive Technology (AT). It was co-designed with members of the disability community to provide a
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Increased COVID support for NDIS workers in Victoria

AAP
Mirage News
Monday 4th October, 2021
Eligible NDIS providers in Victoria will be able to claim a one-off payment from the NDIA to cover costs for support workers to receive their COVID-19 vaccination.
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NDIS workers urged to share vaccine status

SBS News
Saturday 2nd October, 2021
More and more NDIS participants are requesting support workers who are COVID-vaccinated, says company spokeswoman Tiare Leahy.
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Vaccination Required To Protect Workers And Victoria

Premiere of Victoria
Media release
Friday 1st October, 2021
On the advice of our public health team, all workers – in Melbourne and regional Victoria – on the Authorised Worker list will require their first COVID-19 vaccine dose by
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Disability Royal Commission labels vaccine rollout as “seriously deficient”

Aaron Bloch
National Indigenous Times
Friday 1st October, 2021
“One of our big concerns is that the Vaccine rollout has been using NDIS participants to identify vaccination rates of disabled people. However, there remain very low rates of participation
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NDIA and Pharmacy Guild work together to boost NDIS vaccination rates

Mirage News
Thursday 30th September, 2021
Minister for the NDIS Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC said it was another important step in protecting the disability community from the virus – and in increasing the number
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Injured woman says she drained super to survive while waiting years for disability support pension

Luke Henriques-Gomes
the Guardian
Monday 6th September, 2021
Senate inquiry told Australia’s disability payment rules need to be ‘rewritten’ as people struggle for months before receiving support
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