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Judith Ireland
Herald Sun
Wednesday 11th February, 2015

The Senate will hold a nation-wide inquiry into the abuse of disabled people in institutions and homes in Australia, following a Fairfax Media/ABC investigation. The Greens moved a motion in…

Julia May
The Age
Saturday 7th February, 2015

The Federal Government’s cuts to the disability sector are a “catastrophic” blow and breach the United Nations convention on the rights of disabled people, advocacy groups and one of the…

Josh Bornstein
The Guardian
Wednesday 4th February, 2015

A bill to stymie a class action lawsuit by workers with intellectual disabilities failed in 2014. The Australian government intends to revive it – but why? In October 2014, David…

Samantha Donovan
ABC AM
Friday 16th January, 2015

Samantha Donovan reported this story on Friday, January 16, 2015 08:16:00 The federal and state governments are being urged to give people with intellectual disabilities more say in the design…

Graeme Innes
The Guardian
Friday 9th January, 2015

In the final days of 2014, the meagre funding granted to disability advocacy groups was cut. It ended an annus horribilis for the sector When there’s cricket on the radio,…

Clementine Ford
The Age
Wednesday 31st December, 2014

There’s something about the end of a year that inspires hope for change. As the final hours of 2014 fold themselves away, many of us will find ourselves daydreaming of…

Karen Palenzuela
The Drum
Friday 19th December, 2014

There will always be Stella Young in this world as long as we continue her legacy of calling out injustice and demanding better, writes her friend and Ramp Up colleague…

Nine News
Tuesday 9th December, 2014

An advocacy group has called on Victoria’s new premier Daniel Andrews to sack the board of disability service provider Yooralla, claiming misappropriation of taxpayer funds. United Voices for People with…

Rachel Carbonell
ABC Radio PM
Monday 8th December, 2014

Hundreds of public tributes are being made for the disability activist, writer, speaker and comedian Stella Young. Stella died suddenly and unexpectedly on the weekend. uration: 3min 35sec

Colleen Pearce
The Age
Tuesday 9th December, 2014

One of the few bipartisan policies of the Victorian election campaign was to hold a Parliamentary inquiry into abuse of people with disability. When two opposing sides join together to…

Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker
The Age
Tuesday 9th December, 2014

Victoria’s ombudsman has launched a major inquiry into the bungling of sex abuse allegations involving Yooralla amid new allegations the disability services provider may have also engaged in financial misconduct….

ABC News Radio
Monday 8th December, 2014

Former Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes has been sharing his memories of Stella Young with Glen Bartholomew. Ms Young performed comedy around the country and was a broadcaster on ABC…