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Court rules NDIS must fund sex workers

Judy Skatssoon
Government News
Wednesday 13th May, 2020
Sex workers are a “reasonable and necessary” item to be funded by the NDIS, the Federal Court has ruled. Disability advocates welcomed what they described as a landmark decision and
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Australians left off $550 payment list turn to lawyers to get JobSeeker. But it might backfire

Christiane Barro
The New Daily
Tuesday 12th May, 2020
Disability pensioners are turning to lawyers to fight for access to the JobSeeker payment, as recipients reveal they have had to skip meals and even stop taking medication during the
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VID-19 contingency planning: everything actually worked!

Ricky Buchanan
Every Australian Counts
Wednesday 6th May, 2020
Someone in my home got the dreaded phone call last week – he’d been exposed to COVID-19 and needed to self-isolate. And to my extreme shock, all our contingency plans
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Sex work restrictions are punishing people with disabilities, advocates say

Casey Briggs
ABC Online
Thursday 26th September, 2019
A South Australian living with a disability says accessing the services of a sex worker is a lifeline to intimacy. It comes as a bill to decriminalise sex work is
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More help required for older Australians with disability accessing My Aged Care

Nicole Pope
Aged Care Guide
Wednesday 20th March, 2019
Ms Dowling is calling on the Commission to establish a thorough review into the engagement of older Australians with disability who are already accessing My Aged Care and those on
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Royal commission into disability abuse was a decade in the making, but the time is ripe for change

Alison Branley
ABC News
Thursday 14th March, 2019

The royal commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with a disability marks the seventh such inquiry in six years. For Sandy Guy this announcement has been a…

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ABI Wise App

Brain Injury Matters (BIM)
Tuesday 26th February, 2019
This App is for mobile devices and contains heaps of information about how to live well with your brain injury or stroke. It features weekly tips, from people who know
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Sunny – an app for women with disabilities to learn about violence and abuse

Women with Disabilities Australia and a group of women with lived experience of disability
Tuesday 18th December, 2018
Sunny is an app with information about what constitutes violence and abuse, and where to seek assistance.
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We’ve Got This: Parenting with a Disability

Eliza Hull
ABC RN Life Matters
Monday 22nd October, 2018
We’ve Got This: Parenting with a Disability is a new ABC radio series produced by Eliza Hull. Eliza has a neurological condition 'Charcot Marie Tooth', and she’s the ABC’s 2018
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Making disability support work across real lives

Catriona May
Pursuit
Friday 25th May, 2018
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is a game changer, but the challenge is to make it work across people’s life course, from education and housing, to social participation and employment
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Jordon Steele-John bringing lived experience with disability to Parliament in replacing Scott Ludlam

Eliza Laschon
ABC News
Friday 10th November, 2017

The citizenship saga has cleared the path for the youngest-ever senator, Jordon Steele-John from Western Australia, to enter the Upper House, replacing Greens co-deputy Scott Ludlam. “I’ve spent the last…

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Disability support plummets as government turns up heat on the vulnerable

Jeremy Poxton
Crikey
Monday 6th November, 2017

Disabled Australians are being turned away from the Disability Support Pension and forced onto punitive and untenable unemployment schemes.

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