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Human Resources Director
Friday 7th May, 2021
As a nation, Australia has one of the lowest disability employment rates among OECD members, sitting within the bottom ten, and campaigners have long called for robust action to improve
Jewel Topsfield
SMH
Tuesday 4th May, 2021
National Disability Insurance Agency chief executive Martin Hoffman acknowledged independent assessments had “caused real fear, concern and upset in the disability community”.
Mirage News
Tuesday 4th May, 2021
PWDA chief executive officer Sebastian Zagarella said the disabled people’s organisation was pleased the disability community’s lobbying had paid off. “We hope the Australian Building Codes Board’s new standards will
Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Tuesday 4th May, 2021
Taleporos, who is one of 3,000 people who have taken part in an assessments trial, told the Drum last month he had “just met this person and they asked me
AAP
Daily Mail
Friday 7th May, 2021
Scott Morrison has warned the future of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is at stake unless ballooning costs are brought under control. The prime minister said the cost of the
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Canberra Times
Saturday 1st May, 2021
Senator Reynolds met with about a dozen representatives from across the sector on Friday, as part of a fresh consultation process initiated by her decision to pause the permanent rollout
Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Monday 3rd May, 2021
Asked about her “pause” to the rollout of the compulsory independent assessments, which were due to begin in July, Reynolds said there would be a “pause for several months …
Martin Hoffman
Tuesday 4th May, 2021
NDIA CEO Martin Hoffman was called to share a statement at the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS and this is available as video with full transcript.
Melissa Kavenagh, Anne Kavanagh, Stefanie Dimov, Helen Dickinson, Ashley McAllister, Marissa Shields
Melbourne Disability Institute
Wednesday 5th May, 2021
In Victoria’s second wave, we saw COVID-19 outbreaks in over 60 group homes. Achieving high-levels of vaccination among workers is critical if people with disability are to be protected against
First Dog on the Moon
The Guardian
Tuesday 27th April, 2021
I’m just not seeing an upside for the government in funding disability support ... are there votes in it?
news.com
Friday 7th May, 2021
Bill Shorten has copped backlash for “disappointing” remarks where he labelled NDIS workers as “Oompa-Loompas” and “chimpanzees typing”.
Lisa Duffy
Disability Services Consulting (DSC)
Monday 3rd May, 2021
Nice try, NDIA. Just when you thought we were distracted, you slipped a new NDIS Access Request Form (ARF) onto the NDaIS website. However, it’s hard to go unnoticed when