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Reasonable and Necessary Podcast
Wednesday 11th October, 2023

On the new episode, Dr George speaks to Alastair McEwin, Former Commissioner, Disability Royal Commission about what the findings of the Commission will mean for the disability community.

The Conversation
Monday 9th October, 2023

The federal government last week released the report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, which painted a confronting picture and recorded the…

ABC News
Monday 9th October, 2023

A letter from a stranger and an hour-long meeting is all it took to strip Martin* of his ability to see his family and live in his own home. A state…

DSC
Wednesday 4th October, 2023

The Disability Royal Commission has made history. To honour this moment and the people who shared their stories, we’re slowing down our pace to make sure we get the analysis…

Inclusion Australia
Wednesday 4th October, 2023

Inclusion Australia believes that everyone should be part of the important conversation about what happens next following the publication of the report. That’s why we have written this Easy Read guide…

Human Rights Watch
Thursday 5th October, 2023

After a four-and-a-half-year national investigation involving over 9,000 accounts and 32 public hearings, an Australian commission issued a comprehensive and incriminating 4,872-page report on abuses against people with disabilities.

The Age
Friday 29th September, 2023

Disability Royal Commissioner Dr Rhonda Galbally said governments should give significant weight to her own and two colleagues’ lived experience with disabilities when deciding whether to back their call for…

Guardian Australia
Friday 29th September, 2023

Today the 4.4 million members of the disability community woke holding our breath. After four and a half years of the disability royal commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation…

Inclusion Australia
Friday 29th September, 2023

Australia’s National Disability Representative Organisations have released a statement ahead of the release of the Final Report from the Disability Royal Commission. The statement is also available in Easy Read.

Disability Royal Commission
Friday 29th September, 2023

On Thursday 28th September, the Disability Royal Commission handed the Final Report to the Governor General. It was published to the public the next day. The Royal Commission has made…

ABC News
Thursday 28th September, 2023

Whenever Nella Nisco thinks about her daughter Sophia, the first things that come to mind are her smile and laugh. “She was the life of any household she was in,”…

People With Disability Australia
Mirage News
Tuesday 26th September, 2023

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is calling for urgent reform to ensure the human rights of people with disability are upheld in Australia, outlining 10 actions that all Australian governments…