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DDLS
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022

Sexual harassment/discrimination for women in the workplace Are you a woman who has been subjected to sexual harassment or discrimination in the workplace? Do you have a disability – or…

DSS
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022

On 1 March 2023, the Hon Amanda Rishworth MP, Minister for Social Services, announced that an additional $11.2 million has been allocated to the Disability Representative Organisations program over four…

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Tuesday 28th February, 2023
The report provides an overview of all measures being tracked under Australia’s Disability Strategy at ‘baseline’ – that is, when the Strategy began in December 2021. Moving forward, baseline data
Disability Leadership Institute
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022

In late 2022, the federal government convened a forum to discuss the National Disability Strategy. The final panel examined the issue of “attitudes” – a regular topic of conversation amongst…

Probono Australia
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022

New research from the Australian Network on Disability (AND) has uncovered some of the barriers people with disability face in employment. The research comes at a critical time for disability…

Dr George Taleporos (GAICD, PhD)
Linkedin
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022

The disability rights movement’s catch cry “nothing about us without us” has been forgotten in the current debate around NDIS provider registration. As vocal NDIS business interests campaign to force

Summer Foundation
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022

Did you know that NDIS participants over all spend about 60% of our funding on unregistered providers. And this number is growing. On this episode of Reasonable and Necessary, Dr…

NDIA
Friday 3rd February, 2023

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is partnering with First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) to co-design a new NDIS First Nations Strategy and action plan that reflects the goals and…

ECCV
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022
The submission makes 33 recommendations about how the Commonwealth and State Governments, and service providers including education, employment, health and disability services, can take responsibility to uphold human rights, ensure
Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV)
Friday 3rd March, 2023
People with disability from migrant and refugee backgrounds face multiple, overlapping disadvantages and barriers and can find it difficult accessing the NDIS and other available support. This hub was developed
The Australian
Friday 3rd March, 2023

Urgent reform is needed to ensure the NDIS is able to deliver on its primary objective, which is to provide a dignified life for Australians with a profound disability. Cost…

Australian Institute of Family Studies
Friday 24th February, 2023
Children with disability have a human right to participate in decisions about their lives. Parents, carers, educators, families and practitioners have a clear role to play in providing the support