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Tom Cowie
The Age
Tuesday 31st October, 2017

Having someone else write your English exam is typically frowned upon. But for Stella Barton, it’s essential. The Shelford Girls Grammar student has cerebral palsy, a disability that affects her

Rowan Forster
Geelong Advertiser
Thursday 2nd November, 2017

A wheelchair using Indented Head man has launched a 15,000-signature strong petition demanding ticket agencies equal the playing field for disabled event-goers.

Professor Ben Richardson
Senior Practitioner - Disability
Tuesday 31st October, 2017
This project investigated the prevalence of persistent restraint and its predictors among individuals with a disability accessing residential services in Victoria. Taken together the results suggest that people who are
Disability Services Commissioner
Wednesday 1st November, 2017

The Office of the Disability Services Commissioner held a conference called Preventing and Responding to Abuse: Guidance for Victorian disability service providers’ on 12th September 2017. It was well attended…

James Purtill
ABC News
Tuesday 31st October, 2017

At a time of record high youth unemployment, the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) may seem a blessing: it will require about 70,000 full-time equivalent workers over…

Dominic Cansdale and Kirsten Diprose
ABC Ballarat  
Thursday 26th October, 2017

While she has been on the Disability Support Pension for 10 years, Ms Irvine said her application to the NDIS was rejected because her illness is considered a medical condition,…

Finder
Wednesday 25th October, 2017

ANZ has today started rolling out its new Visa debit cards, which include a range of accessibility features to assist vision-impaired Australians with their everyday banking needs. The bankannounced the…

Damian Palmer
The Conversation
Wednesday 25th October, 2017
One such issue is that of letting participants view their draft plans for disability supports before they are finalised. The NDIS was set up to enable people with disabilities to
Cheryl Wilson, Deanne Allan, Tessa Osborne, Matt Owen, Fei Gao and Andrew Rodrigues
Australian National Audits Office
Thursday 19th October, 2017

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of controls being implemented and/or developed by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to ensure National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

Fred Ohlsson
Bluenotes
Monday 23rd October, 2017
Australians may notice a new blue and gold addition to their wallets in the coming weeks as the Reserve Bank of Australia circulates the new $A10 note. And if you
Carly Nowell
VCOSS
Thursday 19th October, 2017
It also finds the NDIA’s approach to setting price caps to date has “hindered market development” by discouraging the provision of some disability supports. In some cases, this has “led
Unfitness to Plead Project
Melbourne Social Equity Institute
Thursday 7th September, 2017
Unfitness to plead laws in Australia have been widely recognised as requiring reform and modernisation. The Unfitness to Plead Project sought to develop practical and legal options to address the