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State of Incarceration: Insights into Imprisonment in Victoria (

Justice Reform Initiative
Friday 24th March, 2023
This report lays bare the failures of Victoria’s criminal justice system in a comprehensive assessment that reveals “jailing is failing”. It is increasingly clear that in Victoria, the growth in
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We Can All Be Leaders Podcast

Women with Disability Australia Youth Network
Saturday 21st August, 2021
The podcast series talks about the importance of young people’s involvement, advocating as young people with disabilities and being in feminist spaces where disability is not always at the forefront.
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Outcomes associated with ‘inclusive’, ‘segregated’ and ‘integrated’ settings for people with disability

Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 7th March, 2023
The research report looks at what should be done to make a more inclusive society that supports people with disability to be safe and independent. It considered several questions about
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Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031 Outcomes Framework: First annual report

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Tuesday 28th February, 2023
The report provides an overview of all measures being tracked under Australia’s Disability Strategy at ‘baseline’ – that is, when the Strategy began in December 2021. Moving forward, baseline data
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Unregistered NDIS Providers: What Participants Really Think – Reasonable & Necessary with Dr George

Summer Foundation
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022

Did you know that NDIS participants over all spend about 60% of our funding on unregistered providers. And this number is growing. On this episode of Reasonable and Necessary, Dr…

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ECCV’s submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

ECCV
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022
The submission makes 33 recommendations about how the Commonwealth and State Governments, and service providers including education, employment, health and disability services, can take responsibility to uphold human rights, ensure
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ECCV launches Multicultural Disability Hub

Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV)
Friday 3rd March, 2023
People with disability from migrant and refugee backgrounds face multiple, overlapping disadvantages and barriers and can find it difficult accessing the NDIS and other available support. This hub was developed
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Violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability costs $46 billion annually

Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 21st February, 2023

The Royal Commission has published a research report titled Economic Cost of Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with Disability. It estimates that the economic costs of violence, abuse,…

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Reimagining Shared Housing and Living – Workshop Findings and Recommendations

Summer Foundation
Friday 17th February, 2023
In October to November 2022, the Housing Hub ran a series of workshops designed to gather collective knowledge about SDA-funded group homes from providers and stakeholders. This report provides background
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Relationships and decision making

Council for Intellectual Disability
Monday 13th February, 2023
Sammy, who has intellectual disability, talks about the relationship she has with her partner Ben. She talks about how they make decisions together and the role of her parents in
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Ending discrimination of disabled workers key to improving screen industry diversity, future success: report

University of Melbourne
Thursday 16th February, 2023

Disabled people working in Australia’s screen industry face prejudice and systemic discrimination, including lower pay, greater casualisation and stigma and stereotyping, a new report finds. The findings, drawn from a…

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Parents and children with disability – OPA submission to DRC

Office of Public Advocate
Friday 3rd February, 2023

Submission by the Office of Public Advocate to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

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