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Wednesday 12th February, 2025, 12.30pm-1.30pm
PWDA

People with Disabilities Australia’s second webinar co-hosted with the Australian Digital Health Agency for people with disability will focus on the privacy and security of the digital tools. This webinar…

People with Disability Australia
Friday 7th February, 2025

PWDA joined a coalition of 254 disability organisations and providers, including Australia’s peak disability representative bodies, to call for urgent action from the Government and the new Minister for the…

Tuesday 4th March, 2025, 11am
GLE

This webinar is proudly hosted by the Global Leadership Exchange, in partnership with the Australia Department of Social Services and the GLE Australian Disability Reference Group.

Guardian Australia
Friday 31st January, 2025

For people with disability, the end of 2024 was a rollercoaster. New legislation for the National Disability Insurance Scheme started coming into effect in October, with new lists of what…

Insurance Business
Friday 31st January, 2025

The Independent Advisory Council (IAC) to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has released its 2023-24 Annual Report, detailing its work over the past financial year. The report is available…

Yarra City Council and the Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre
Thursday 1st January, 1970

Are you passionate about creating change? Do you want to build the skills needed to develop impactful climate and environment campaigns? Yarra City Council and the Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre…

Canberra Times
Tuesday 30th January, 2024

Reforms to improve the lives of disabled people experiencing homelessness need political leadership and action, advocates say, with the vulnerable group targeted in a new plan. The Disability Strategy, which…

MediaNet
Thursday 30th January, 2025

Homelessness Australia welcomes the Federal Government’s renewed focus on addressing homelessness among Australians with disabilities, as outlined in the revised national Disability Strategy. “The inclusion of a dedicated homelessness priority…

Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre
Tuesday 17th December, 2024
Monday 24th February, 2025

Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre, in partnership with Yarra City Council, invites you to join our 10-week Climate Voices Advocacy and Leadership Program. This free program is designed to equip community…

DARU
Monday 16th December, 2024

Dear disability advocates, sector partners and allies, What a year 2024 has been. There has been a lot to digest- the responses from state and federal governments to the Disability…

DARU
Friday 13th December, 2024

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people with disability, as a cohort, are at higher risk of experiencing violence and abuse when compared to the general population of people with disability….

ABC News
Tuesday 10th December, 2024

I’ve spent 22 years hyper-aware of how my brain deviates from normality — be it my intense emotions, my hypersensitivity to those of others, or my affinity for rules. Throughout…