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Thursday 19th October, 2023

The disability royal commission’s final report included an expansive range of recommendations including the introduction of an Australian disability rights act, a minister for disability inclusion and a department of…

Greens
Thursday 19th October, 2023

The Greens have secured a comprehensive review of the Significant Cost Threshold, an outcome with significant potential to reduce discrimination in Australia’s migration system and improve life for many families…

ABC News
Tuesday 17th October, 2023

It’s Christmas Day. A man paces the caged courtyard attached to his secure unit. There are bits of tinsel strewn around it – an attempt to bring colour into his…

ABC News
Wednesday 18th October, 2023

Consultation has begun on a new disability employment centre of excellence, designed to encourage greater opportunities and participation in the workforce.

Independent Australia
Wednesday 18th October, 2023

Two hundred and twenty-eight recommendations. That was the result of four years of hearings, submissions and reports from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with…

Mirage News
Sunday 15th October, 2023

The Albanese Labor Government is establishing a National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health – which fulfils an election commitment made in 2022. Compared with the general population, the…

ABC News
Wednesday 11th October, 2023

The film industry hasn’t always been inclusive for people with an intellectual disability, but this program seeks to change that.

Jessica Quilty
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The Disability Royal Commission Final Report spans 12 volumes, over 2.5 million words and includes 222 recommendations. Jess Quilty takes us through some of the key recommendations for the NDIS…

ABC News
Tuesday 10th October, 2023

It’s a week since the Disability Royal Commission handed down it’s report and debate is still raging over one of the recommendations… to phase out special schools. The commission was…

Advocacy for Inclusion
Thursday 12th October, 2023

The Spring 2023 Edition of the Canberra Disability Review is out now. It’s online and free and has a focus on the justice system and disability. Articles include lived experience…

ABC News
Monday 9th October, 2023

Like most year 11 students, Angus Bayley is feeling the pressure of end-of-year exams. But Angus isn’t like every other student — he is in the 25th percentile for processing,

ABC News
Monday 9th October, 2023

A letter from a stranger and an hour-long meeting is all it took to strip Martin* of his ability to see his family and live in his own home. A