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People with Disability Australia
Friday 7th February, 2025

PWDA joined a coalition of 254 disability organisations and providers, including Australia’s peak disability representative bodies, to call for urgent action from the Government and the new Minister for the…

Guardian Australia
Friday 31st January, 2025

For people with disability, the end of 2024 was a rollercoaster. New legislation for the National Disability Insurance Scheme started coming into effect in October, with new lists of what…

Canberra Times
Tuesday 30th January, 2024

Reforms to improve the lives of disabled people experiencing homelessness need political leadership and action, advocates say, with the vulnerable group targeted in a new plan. The Disability Strategy, which…

MediaNet
Thursday 30th January, 2025

Homelessness Australia welcomes the Federal Government’s renewed focus on addressing homelessness among Australians with disabilities, as outlined in the revised national Disability Strategy. “The inclusion of a dedicated homelessness priority…

DARU
Monday 16th December, 2024

Dear disability advocates, sector partners and allies, What a year 2024 has been. There has been a lot to digest- the responses from state and federal governments to the Disability…

ABC News
Tuesday 10th December, 2024

I’ve spent 22 years hyper-aware of how my brain deviates from normality — be it my intense emotions, my hypersensitivity to those of others, or my affinity for rules. Throughout…

ABC News
Tuesday 10th December, 2024

Disability service providers are warning they are on the verge of collapse with just 13 per cent of operators able to break even in the past year. The peak group…

ABC News
Wednesday 11th December, 2024

Ever since I was born, I’ve felt like I had a target on my back. At the age of three, I was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), global developmental…

CYDA
Media net
Thursday 12th December, 2024

For Evie Snell, music therapy has been life-changing. Before beginning the therapy three years ago, the seven-year-old’s family struggled to take her to public spaces. Everyday sounds like barking dogs…

ABC News
Tuesday 3rd December, 2024

When I read the theme of this year’s International Day of People with Disabilities — “Amplifying Leadership of People with Disabilities for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future” — I’ll confess…

ABC News
Friday 6th December, 2024

What we’re dealing with here is not just about a bunch of disgruntled holidaymakers … it is a crisis, so we do need to have support from the government.” Disability…

ABC News
Sunday 8th December, 2024

For the past seven years, Peter Thorn has thrived under his National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plan. As someone who is non-verbal with autism, the support he receives allows him…