News and blogs

Vanessa Jarrett
Morning Bulletin
Tuesday 28th November, 2017
"I WANT to be like a normal citizen and work hard - I don't want to be on Centrelink." David McNae has been out of work for the best part
Mark Bristow
RatesCity
Monday 27th November, 2017
A new study has confirmed that people living with disabilities are vulnerable to financial exploitation and abuse by unscrupulous service providers, and that access to financial education may be able
Emma Younger
ABC News
Friday 24th November, 2017
Victoria Supreme Court judge has granted bail to a young man with a profound intellectual disability after telling an earlier hearing he was "horrified" by the conditions the man was
Gary Kerridge
The Rebuttal
Wednesday 22nd November, 2017

It’s not just public transport that is the issue. For example in the article a guy with Parkinson’s explains how he struggles just to get in a pub because people…

Eliza Laschon
ABC News
Friday 10th November, 2017

The citizenship saga has cleared the path for the youngest-ever senator, Jordon Steele-John from Western Australia, to enter the Upper House, replacing Greens co-deputy Scott Ludlam. “I’ve spent the last…

Lisa Cox
Huff Post Australia
Sunday 12th November, 2017

Disability simply isn’t represented in Australian media and advertising. Yet disabled people make up 20% of the Australian community.

Robot Army
Wednesday 1st November, 2017
Jeremy the Dud is a comedy set in a world where everyone has a disability, and those that don't are treated with the same prejudice, stigma and condescending attitudes people
El Gibbs
Eureka Street
Thursday 9th November, 2017

A disabled man is in prison because the justice system fails people with disability. Advocacy organisations highlight his case publicly and continue to call for change. This has happened before…

Louise Milligan
ABC News
Friday 10th November, 2017

The Victorian Disability Minister has urgently intervened to remove a young man with a profound intellectual disability from jail. Minister Martin Foley made the decision after 7.30 informed him the…

Jeremy Poxton
Crikey
Monday 6th November, 2017

Disabled Australians are being turned away from the Disability Support Pension and forced onto punitive and untenable unemployment schemes.

Luke Michael
Pro Bono Australia
Monday 6th November, 2017

A national survey of students with disability has revealed more than 70 per cent of students have experienced instances where their enrolment and inclusive participation in mainstream schools has been…

Carly Findlay
Sunday 27th August, 2017

Carly Findlays five tips for journalists and editors writing and talking about disability.