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Henrietta Cook
The Age
Wednesday 23rd July, 2014

The Health and Community Services Union has blamed the situation on a lack of state government services for disabled children. Staff at the Royal Children’s Hospital notified the union late…

Nigel McNay
The Border Mail
Tuesday 22nd July, 2014

Access to courts that most take for granted can be a challenge for many Border people with a disability. It can come down to something as seemingly straightforward as getting…

Dr Peter Gibilisco
Saturday 25th April, 2026

We are confronted by neoliberalism and the inhumane consequences of its economic policies. The claim that “there is no alternative” to profit-making simply denies basic features of everyday reality. The…

Disability Services Commissioner
Thursday 10th July, 2014

These resources aim to promote consistent good practice in investigations by service providers into allegations of staff to client assaults and unexplained injuries , where there is an equal consideration

Kellee Nolan
VCOSS Blog
Tuesday 24th June, 2014

Disability advocates need to help their clients stay informed and navigate the complexities of the new NDIS to make sure no one misses out, those attending a recent DARU forum…

The Guardian
Wednesday 2nd July, 2014

“Australians with disabilities would be lifters, if there were not barriers in society that force us to lean every day. I have challenged this my whole life.” Outgoing Australian disability…

ABC News
Monday 30th June, 2014

Police asked a disabled man to leave the foyer of the ABC at Southbank in Melbourne during a protest against the axing of the disability website, Ramp Up. About 20…

Ryan Struk
New Matilda

It was announced recently that the ABC’s disability website, Ramp Up, launched in 2010, will be scrapped by the end of the month. Seed funding for the website — provided…

Kate Larsen
Ramp Up
Friday 20th June, 2014

The disability movement in Australia has taken some significant steps forward over the last three years. When Kate Larsen moved from London to Melbourne three years ago, she was surprised…

Jodie van de Wetering
Ramp Up
Monday 16th June, 2014

Can we change the world with a click and a share? Engaging in online activism can’t replace putting a face to a name or chatting over a cuppa, but it…

Life Matters
ABC Radio National
Friday 30th May, 2014

We like to be different, but not too different, to fit in yet still be individual. It’s a tension that gets played out in various ways. By parents who want…

Tessa van der Riet
Brisbane Times
Wednesday 14th May, 2014

The reassessment of people on the disability support pension is always going to be a problem,” Ms Young said. “It doesn’t necessarily create jobs in the labour market, it doesn’t…