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Saturday 29th November, 2025

This is the first report on the implementation and progress made by all governments on each of the 222 recommendations of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation

Victorian Government
Monday 24th November, 2025

The Allan Labor Government is delivering free weekend public transport – everywhere – for carers and Disability Support Pensioners, and we’ve built the Metro Tunnel so it’s easier to visit…

Costa Haritos
ABC
Wednesday 19th November, 2025

Melbourne’s tram network is falling short of national accessibility standards, with a new report finding there has been “little improvement” in the past five years. About 18 per cent of…

Eli Sutherland
ABC
Monday 24th November, 2025

Before I became disabled at 16 years old, I took a lot of things for granted — like existing in a pain-free body, running to get the bus, and trekking…

Grant McArthur
The Age
Sunday 23rd November, 2025

An intellectually disabled man kept in an alarmed unit for 25 years and only allowed in public while supervised is one of a handful of Victorians found to have been…

Advocacy for Inclusion
Wednesday 12th November, 2025

 Advocacy for Inclusion (AFI) has called for fundamental structural reform of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) in a submission to the Attorney-General’s current consultation, arguing that minor adjustments will…

Wednesday 26th November, 2025, 1:00 pm
Disability Dialogue

It’s been a big year for people with disability and we want to talk about some of the big moments that have shaped 2025. We will hear from our co-hosts…

Expression Australia
Wednesday 12th November, 2025

Expression Australia, the nation’s oldest Deaf Society, launched its new Auslan Emergency Interpreting (AEI) App at the Parliament of Victoria, building on more than 140 years of service to the…

Bernice Hua Ma and Samia Badji
The Conversation
Friday 14th November, 2025

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was set up in 2013 to help Australians with disability live more independently, and participate more in work and community life.  The scheme was not meant…

Josh Taylor and Kate Lyons
The Guardian
Thursday 13th November, 2025

NDIA defines machine learning as a subset of AI that uses algorithms to learn from data and make decisions or predictions. National Disability Insurance Agency staff are using machine learning…

Mary-Louise Vince
ABC
Wednesday 12th November, 2025

In short: Exercise physiology is the first allied health service under review as part of the federal government’s reforms to the NDIS. Around 14,000 Australians with disabilities access exercise…

James Taylor
Geelong Times
Wednesday 12th November, 2025

A DRAMATIC decline in access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people with mental health-related disabilities is putting vulnerable Australians at risk and will have far-reaching consequences, the…