News and blogs

Rod Clune
The NewDaily
Friday 21st June, 2019
Many tertiary institutions employ own disability liaison officers. Other DLOs are employed regionally and shared across campuses, especially in the TAFE sector.
Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Monday 17th June, 2019
The automation of welfare services in Australia risks pushing vulnerable families deeper into poverty, the United Nations has heard.
Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Friday 14th June, 2019
National Disability Insurance Scheme participants could soon get funding for a broader range of health-related supports following a major Administrative Appeals Tribunal decision
Amparo Advocacy
Friday 14th June, 2019

AMPARO Advocacy has produced two fact sheets to provide information to people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities about disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)- Fact Sheet 1-…

Melissa Cain and Melissa Fanshawe
The Conversation
Wednesday 12th June, 2019
Schools are set up for students who can see. But around 3,000 school-aged children in Australia have a vision impairment – 300 of these have a severe vision impairment or
Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 12th June, 2019
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told this week’s conference on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that inclusion was not only a fundamental human right, but central to
Carol Raabus
ABC Life
Thursday 1st January, 1970

For those with disabilities, it’s not just hard getting a job, it can be a struggle to feel secure and challenged, say two Australians with firsthand experience.

Luke Hentiques-Gomes
The Guardian
Saturday 1st June, 2019
A New Zealand woman who fled her abusive Australian partner has been left facing a bureaucratic nightmare as she fights for her daughter to access the NDIS.
DnD, SARU, ECCV, ECSD
Friday 31st May, 2019

This report is a collaboration between Diversity and Disability (DnD), Self Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU), Ethnic Community Council of Victoria (ECCV) and Ethinci Council of Shepparton and Districts (ECSD). This…

NDS
Wednesday 29th May, 2019
The sustainability of disability service providers is critical for the development of a diverse NDIS marketplace. This is why NDS undertook an NDIS Market Dynamics Study in 2019 as part
Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 29th May, 2019
One of the biggest barriers, when it came to employing people with disability, was hiring managers that believed employing someone with a disability would make their life too hard. “We’ve
Peggy Giakoumelos
SBS News
Wednesday 29th May, 2019
While the creation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has helped improve the care available for people with disabilities in Australia, experts say only a small percentage of recipients