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Own Motion Inquiry into aspects of supported accommodation report

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
This first Inquiry focused on the experiences of NDIS participants living in supported accommodation. The Inquiry examined reportable incidents and complaints that have been made to the NDIS Commission in
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2020 Report on the operation of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities

Victorian Equal opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Wednesday 21st December, 2022
The purpose of the annual Charter Report is to examine the operation of the Charter in any given year – how it interacts with law and policy to protect and
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Own Motion Inquiry into Aspects of Supported Accommodation in the NDIS

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Monday 16th January, 2023
The Inquiry examined reportable incidents and complaints made to the NDIS Commission in connection with the supported accommodation services (specifically group homes). The Inquiry’s purpose was to enable the NDIS
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National Disability Data Asset : Pilot test cases report

National Disability Data Asset
Thursday 8th December, 2022
The National Disability Data Asset (NDDA) aims to connect data about people with disability in Australia together, including information about health, employment and support services. The test pilot was recently
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State of the Disability Sector 2022

National Disability Services
Wednesday 30th November, 2022
the report is based on responses from 364 disability service providers from all over the country who took part in the annual State of the Disability Sector Survey. The latest
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Persons with disabilities in situations of risk: A scoping study on Article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Tuesday 6th December, 2022
This scoping report provides insights on how strengthening the connection between disaster risk reduction (DRR) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) could reinforce efforts to
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Complaint mechanisms: Reporting pathways for violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation

University of Sydney, the University of Melbourne and the University of Technology Sydney.
Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 15th November, 2022
The report found that a lot of violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation experienced by people with disability is related to being segregated or institutionalised, discrimination and negative attitudes. It said
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Getting the NDIS back on track: A survey of people with disability

Summer Foundation, supported by People With Disability Australia
Wednesday 2nd November, 2022
This report compiles the responses from477 NDIS participants, or a family member or friend of a participant, to a national survey conducted in July2022. The survey asked participants what works
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National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032

The Commonwealth, state and territory governments
Monday 17th October, 2022
The National Plan provides the foundation for a whole-of-society approach to end gender-based violence in one generation. It sets the direction for the next 10 years. This National Plan is
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Connecting the dots: Understanding the DFV experiences of children and young people with disability within and across sectors

Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety
Wednesday 28th September, 2022
This report highlights implications for improving policy and practice across intersecting disability, child and violence domains. It begins to address one of the evidence gaps identified in the 2020 interim
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Access to support for working-age Australians with disability without individual NDIS funding

Melbourne Disability Institute in partnership with the Brotherhood of St. Laurence and Baptcare
More than 500,000 Australians with disability receive individual funding through the NDIS to purchase services and supports to meet their disability-related needs. But the overwhelming majority of the 4.4. million
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Line of sight: Refocussing Victoria’s adult safeguarding laws and practices

Victoria Office of the Public Advocate
Friday 19th August, 2022

This report draws on de-identified stories that starkly illustrate the impact of the system failures on adults who are at-risk. It identifies gaps and failures in the current framework and…

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