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University of Sydney
Wednesday 8th November, 2023

We spoke to Khanh Tran, Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws student and a Disabilities and Carers Officer at the Student Representative Council, and Gemma Lucy Smart, PhD candidate…

ABC News
Tuesday 7th November, 2023

School is the highlight of Brittany’s* life, but the Queensland high school student, who has a disability, is rarely there. “It’s not a very nice feeling being suspended,” she said….

ABC News
Saturday 4th November, 2023

Last month single mother-of-two Stephanie Maass received a phone call out of the blue that left her shocked and worried for her young daughter’s future. The person on the other…

Australian Financial Review
Thursday 2nd November, 2023

The reviewers of the $42 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme are expected to urge Bill Shorten to implement more rigorous and tailored assessments of participants’ needs to cut spending growth…

Mirage News
Thursday 2nd November, 2023

The question of whether there should be an age limit to joining the National Disability Scheme (NDIS) has been debated since its inception a decade ago. It is being asked…

ABC News
Thursday 2nd November, 2023

Annabel Pitt says she struggled to decide if she should disclose her disability when she applied for jobs. “People often perceive it as lying if you tell them later even

ABC News
Monday 30th October, 2023

Australians with terminal illnesses are being left in limbo as state governments and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) battle over who should fund their disability supports.

ABC News
Monday 30th October, 2023

People with disabilities are being forced to share homes or risk becoming homeless after a change to disability accommodation rules. Amy Tobin, a champion para-athlete, lives alone but worries she’ll

The Saturday Paper
Monday 30th October, 2023

A backlog of thousands of National Disability Insurance Scheme tribunal appeals was almost entirely artificial, not based on proper legislative interpretation and driven instead by “external pressures” to rein in…

ABC News
Wednesday 25th October, 2023

A group of NDIS participants have rallied together to express their fear for an “unknown” 27,000 people the government plans to divert from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as

DSC
Wednesday 25th October, 2023

It’s hard to overstate what a historic time it is for the disability community in Australia right now. The final report from the Royal Commission has just been published and…

ABC News
Wednesday 25th October, 2023

When Maree MacDermid drives her son Joseph to school in the morning, it’s “like dropping him off to family”. “Every staff member in this school knows Joseph. They know how…