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Norman Hermant
ABC
Saturday 23rd November, 2019
Will and David's genuine friendship is rare, according to the Australia Talks National Survey, which revealed Australians who do not live with a disability rarely socialise with people who do.
Nine News
Thursday 21st November, 2019
Ms Warn, who has PTSD, told a parliamentary inquiry into the NDIS that she had been "bullied, berated, intimidated and lied to" as she dealt with bureaucrats in the scheme.
Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Thursday 21st November, 2019
Despite being one of the first signatories of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, advocates say 30 years on, Australia is ignoring some of the biggest
Judy Skatssoon
Australian Ageing agenda
Tuesday 19th November, 2019
The minister responsible for the NDIS has compared it to a plane taking off while still being built and admits the scheme is not always living up to expectations.
Nine News
Monday 18th November, 2019
A Melbourne disability carer sexually assaulted two intellectually disabled women in his care within an hour, telling one of them not to say anything or he would lose his job.
Ben Nielsen
ABC News
Tuesday 12th November, 2019
An Adelaide mother has told the disability royal commission her son suffered severe injuries and was made to live in filth while in residential care.
Nas Campanella and Norman Hermant
ABC News
Saturday 9th November, 2019
"When you say you're going to have a royal commission that's going to have disabled people at the heart of it and then you don't have a single disabled person
Bianca Hall
The Age
Wednesday 6th November, 2019
Children's Court president Judge Amanda Chambers has lashed out at the Department of Health and Human Services for leaving her with little option but to send a profoundly disabled young
Kylie Stevenson and Tamara Howie
The Guardian
Tuesday 5th November, 2019
More than half of Northern Territory participants in the disability scheme are Indigenous – and for those who live on country, isolation, culture and environment are compounded by bureaucratic hurdles
Kate Kachor
Nin News
Tuesday 29th October, 2019
A Sydney dad who lost his hands and feet to deadly infections says he may be forced to live away from his eight-year-old daughter because of errors made in a
Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 6th November, 2019
Some students with disability have been denied bathroom breaks and forced to sit in their own urine, while others have been forcefully dragged by their teachers, the disability royal commission
Adam Carey
The Age
Tuesday 5th November, 2019
The case, which could have implications for thousands of families who believe their child has been excluded from learning due to a disability, is listed for a three-week hearing in