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NDIS Review
Tuesday 22nd August, 2023

Hosted by NDIS Review co-chair Lisa Paul AO PSM, the Panel discussed the five challenges raised in the recently published ‘What we have heard report”. To read/listen more, please click…

The Hon Bill Shorten MP
Wednesday 23rd August, 2023

Opening of the Carpentaria Disability SDA property The Hon Bill Shorten MP Transcripts BILL SHORTEN, MINISTER FOR THE NDIS AND GIVERNMENT SERVICE: Good morning. It’s great to be here with Senator…

Nicole Precel, Robyn Grace and Rachel Eddie
The Age
Tuesday 22nd August, 2023

A group of specialised teachers who support students with disabilities at state schools will get to keep their jobs, Education Minister Natalie Hutchins told parents on Tuesday, after news of

Caitlin Cassidy
The Guardian
Wednesday 23rd August, 2023

Advocates are calling for urgent federal government investment in high schools to ensure children with disabilities are supported through their final years of study

Nas Campanella, Leonie Thorne and Celina Edmonds
ABC
Tuesday 22nd August, 2023

One of the original architects of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) says it is being treated as a “limitless Magic Pudding” and local, state and territory governments need to

Rob Wooley
Disability Services Consulting
Tuesday 15th August, 2023

Recently the Ability Roundtable launched their White Paper collating their key financial and workforce benchmarking data, which gives us a greater understanding of how providers have been tracking over the…

Michael Read, Economics correspondent
AFR
Monday 21st August, 2023

The National Disability Insurance Scheme is on track to again exceed official participant projections as children with autism enroll in unexpectedly high numbers.

Nas Campanella
ABC
Friday 18th August, 2023
A new study paints a disturbing picture of life in Australian schools for students with a disability, revealing high rates of segregation and bullying.
Natasha Johnson
ABC
Tuesday 15th August, 2023
"Disability does not mean inability. It means, in fact, you come at the world in different ways. Disability makes us very creative, very imaginative, funny and quirky and that's the
ABC
Tuesday 15th August, 2023
The plan would allow disabled people to build a share of equity in the properties they live in, and governments are being urged to match contributions.
Mirage News
Australian governments spend a lot of money supporting young people with disability to find a job. But the success of these programs has been modest.
UN News
Monday 14th August, 2023
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its twenty-ninth session in Geneva, during which it would review the reports of Andorra, Austria, Germany, Israel, Malawi, Mauritania,