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Quality and Safeguards: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

Jessica Quilty
Disability Services Consulting (DSC)
Monday 26th April, 2021
There is no doubt about it: the NDIS quality and safeguarding system is a complicated beast. Many newly transitioned providers are scratching their heads about what all this means in
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Disability homes turn to GPs to pick up vaccine slack for vulnerable residents

Clay Lucas and Rachel Clun
Herald Sun
Tuesday 20th April, 2021
Australia’s more than 6000 disability homes were to be among the first to receive vaccinations under phase 1a of the plan released by Mr Hunt in January. But a parliamentary
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Disability service ‘left to foot $70k bill’ for terminal Brisbane man

Emily McPherson
Nine News
Wednesday 3rd February, 2021
The family of a disabled Brisbane man says he was left without support funding for five weeks after the National Disability Insurance Scheme took months to review his case.
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The Disability Gateway

Benevolent Society
Monday 1st February, 2021
The Disability Gateway has information and services to help people with disability, their family, friends and carers, to find the support they need in Australia. It covers support in 10
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Disability Gateway opens for business

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Monday 1st February, 2021
This federally-funded service aims to be a one-stop shop for disability information and services. Mary Mallett, the CEO of Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA), hoped the gateway will refer people
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Vital support for Australians with disability cancelled during COVID-19 pandemic

Fran Kelly
Monday 1st February, 2021
Disabled and other vulnerable Australians were among the worst affected when parts of the country shut down to defeat COVID-19. Its estimated around a third of people living with disability
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NDIS Worker Screening Check

Victoria Government
Wednesday 27th January, 2021

The National Disability Insurance Scheme Worker Screening Check (NDIS Check) will start on 1 February 2021. The NDIS Check is a way to ensure that people who work with NDIS…

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NDIS Workforce Interim Report

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Parliament of Australia
Wednesday 9th December, 2020
This is an interim report which makes 14 recommendations to address key issues facing the NDIS workforce. The committee will continue to consider these issues next year and intends to
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Opinion: legal representation for people with disabilities is shockingly low when appealing NDIS decisions

Vanessa Di Natale
The Mandarin
Tuesday 8th December, 2020
More than 75% of people with disabilities across Australia last year did not have legal representation at their NDIS appeals, according to data obtained under freedom of information from the
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‘Sleepy’ disability watchdog under fire amid accounts of abuse

Dana McCauley
SMH
Tuesday 13th October, 2020
A disability advocate has detailed harrowing stories of abuse against some of Australia's most vulnerable people – from physical assaults to being put in cages – by those paid by
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Younger People in Residential Aged Care Strategy 2020-2025

Department of Social Services (DSS)
Australian Government
Wednesday 30th September, 2020
Wednesday 1st October, 2025
The initiative includes $10.6m in the 2020-21 Budget for a national network of system coordinators to help younger people find age-appropriate accommodation and supports to allow them to live independently
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Time for change in disability support

Michael McKenzie
RN Life Matters
Wednesday 23rd September, 2020
Is the disability support sector due for a shake-up? Social entrepreneur and product designer Melanie Tran wants to disrupt traditional models of support. And she's helping bring together young people
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