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Sick or disabled people on Newstart face ‘unrealistic’ obligations to find work

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Thursday 5th March, 2020
The growing number of Newstart recipients who are sick or have disabilities face “unrealistic” mutual obligations to find work and sometimes have their impairments exacerbated while struggling on welfare payments,
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Toowoomba mum tells royal commission she was urged to abort disabled son

Catholic Leader
Saturday 29th February, 2020

Ms Mitchell’s testimony at the third public hearing held in western Sydney this month has been one of many to shine a light on the challenges of getting treatment for…

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Disability advocates escalate fight to end NDIS funding age discrimination

James Hancock
ABC News
Saturday 29th February, 2020
Lyn Bates is among hundreds of thousands of Australians with disabilities not covered by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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NDIA is failing disability providers

Maggie Coggan
Probono Australia
Monday 2nd March, 2020
Only one in five providers say the NDIA is working well with the sector
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We all contributed to the bullying of Quaden Bayles

Stephanie Gotlib
Probono Australia
Tuesday 3rd March, 2020
Nine-year-old Quaden Bayles gained global fame in a viral video after he was bullied at school for his dwarfism. Disability advocate Stephanie Gotlib writes it is the attitudes and actions
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Being Aboriginal with a disability a ‘double whammy’, royal commission told

Lorena Allam
Guardian
Monday 24th February, 2020
Narelle Reynolds, who has two disabled sons, says her family has been pushed into homelessness.
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‘Mum, I want to go home’: heartbreaking testimony of health system failing children with disabilities

Luke Henriques-Gomes
Guardian
Saturday 22nd February, 2020
Rachel Browne tells royal commission that when a nurse rolled her eyes at her son, she knew he wouldn’t get the help he needed.
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‘Make them be nicer to kids with disabilities’: Quaden’s message to parents of bullies

Jordan Perry
SBS
Friday 21st February, 2020
The 9-year-old Murri boy who was bullied about his disability this week says that the parents of bullies "should make them be nicer to kids with disabilities".
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Pensioner’s struggle to get NDIS funding forces her to skip meals and medicine

Christiane Barro
The New Daily
Friday 21st February, 2020
A pensioner is going without food and medication for days at a time while struggling to navigate the bureaucratic red tape surrounding the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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NDIS Reserve Fund – Interview Transcript – ABC Melbourne, Mornings with Virginia Trioli

Minister For Department of Social Services
ABC Melbourne
Friday 28th February, 2020
The Victorian and the New South Wales governments are accusing the Commonwealth Government of holding back $1.7 billion in funds promised to the NDIS, so are they?
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Whistleblower claims NDIS fraud taskforce dysfunctional

Judy Skatssoon
Australian Ageing Agenda
Tuesday 18th February, 2020
The task force set up to investigate fraud in the National Disability Insurance Scheme is under-resourced and dysfunctional, a whistleblower claims.
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Doctors say they cut corners to help ‘forgotten children’ with disabilities access NDIS funding

Stephanie Dalzell and Michael McKinnon
ABC Online
Friday 14th February, 2020
Frustrated doctors have admitted to cutting corners to ensure children with disabilities can access government funding sooner.
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