Melbourne Disability Institute are delighted to announce the recipients of MDI’s 2023 seed funding round. Nine exciting new projects have been selected to receive funding of around $30,000 each. The…
The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission’s 15th Report on the Operation of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities was recently tabled in the Victorian Parliament.
The Review’s final report will be given to Disability Ministers at the end of October. It will then be up to Australia’s governments – Commonwealth, State, Territory, and Local –…
Suncorp Group insurer, AAMI has joined brands ANZ, Bonds, Kia, McDonalds, Oral-B, nib, Tourism Australia, Pantene, TikTok, Uber, Virgin and Weet-Bix™ in launching the Shift 20 Initiative – committing to…
Have you noticed any changes to television commercials for some of Australia’s best-known brands recently? The Weet-Bix kid, who dreams of scaling Everest, is in a wheelchair. The Bonds model…
The National School Reform Agreement is made about once every five years in Australia. This is the main way the federal government can steer changes in how Australian schools are…
On Friday 15th September 2023, the Disability Royal Commission held its final ceremonial sitting. You can access the recording here.
Horrific revelations of assault and exploitation of the country’s most vulnerable people in disability group homes will be exposed in an upcoming Royal Commission report that seeks to provide a…
There are fears in the Australian community that disability is “infecting” and interfering with the lives of non-disabled people, a disability royal commissioner has told its closing ceremony in Sydney.
Disability advocate says there is ‘no political will’ to make accessibility upgrades as Brunswick residents plan rally.
The federal government will repeal the Disability Services Act and replace it with a new set of standards. The changes will govern the provision of services to people with disabilities
Rockhampton teenager Joshua didn’t use spoken language until he was 5, now he’s singing at school events, volunteering at a tennis club and has his manual learner’s licence. But the…
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