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Australia needs lasting consensus on NDIS funding

Bruce Bonyhady
Pro Bono News
Friday 4th May, 2018

People with disability, their families, carers and advocates deserve the certainty of a National Disability Insurance Scheme which is sustainable, writes Bruce Bonyhady. Fortunately, a blueprint for the best way…

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Unfair NDIS transport funding causing chaos for participants

Luke Michael
ProBono News
Friday 4th May, 2018

Unfair and inconsistent transport funding under the National Disability Insurance Scheme is causing chaos for participants, a community transport peak body has warned.

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Side by Side

Office of the Public Advocate
Monday 7th May, 2018
This guide contains step-by-step instructions, an easy English fact sheet, and the forms to appoint a medical support person and supportive attorney. The information and forms in this edition have
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People with disability demand action to fund and fix NDIS

Wendy Williams
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 2nd May, 2018

Grassroots advocacy group Every Australian Counts has released data from a survey of more than 2,200 NDIS participants, their families and sector workers, about what they think needs to change…

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The Prevalence of Acquired Brain Injury among Victims and Perpetrators of Family Violence

In consortium with Monash University, Domestic Violence Victoria,  No to Violence and the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare.
Brain Injury Australia
Friday 4th May, 2018
This is the first evidence-based study of acquired brain injury and family violence in Australia., Completed in five months from July to December 2017, this research project identifies a strong
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NDIS Evaluation Consolidated Report

Kostas Mavromaras; Megan Moskos; Stéphane Mahuteau; Linda Isherwood; Alison Goode; Helen Walton; Llainey Smith; Zhang Wei; Joanne Flavel
Flinders University
Monday 30th April, 2018
This report contains findings based on all data collections undertaken over the course of the evaluation, including surveys and interviews with NDIS participants, their families and carers, disability support providers,
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Performers with disability reflect on the state of access in Australia’s arts

Hannah Reich for The Hub on Stage
ABC Online
Tuesday 1st May, 2018
Findlay, a writer, spoken-word performer and "appearance activist", has recently taken up the new post of inclusion coordinator for the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Her goal for her three-year tenure as
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Domestic violence victims suffer ‘shocking’ rate of brain injury, report finds

Stephanie Ferrier
ABC Online
Monday 30th April, 2018
While the victims were most often women, the report found nearly one in three of the victims were children — and one in four of them had sustained a brain
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Ban on plastic straws has unintended consequences for people with disabilities who rely on them

Eden Faithfull
ABC Online
Wednesday 25th April, 2018
Plastic straws are in the sights of environmental campaigners, but the push to ban this simple product could have unintended consequences. Utensils such as plastic straws serve an essential role
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Setting up special disability trusts

Richard Press
Money Management
Monday 23rd April, 2018
Parents and immediate family members will often seek to provide financial assistance to help a disabled family member. One option can be to establish a Special Disability Trust (SDT).
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Steele-John has the loneliest seat in the Senate, and it’s locking him out of the parliamentary process

Brett Worthington
ABC Online
Monday 2nd April, 2018

Here sits senator Jordon Steele-John, the West Australian Green who in November last year, just weeks after turning 23, became the Australian Parliament’s youngest-ever senator. He’s sitting alone at the

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Sickening footage of police beating disability pensioner sparks outrage

Christiane Barro
New Daily
Tuesday 3rd April, 2018
Board member of Disability Advocacy Australia Julie Phillips said there needed to be a significant change in approach to dealing with people who suffer from a disability. “It’s outrageous that
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