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Report uncovers ‘systemic discrimination’ faced by people with disabilities in Australian screen industry

Eleanor Beidatsch
ABC
Friday 9th June, 2023

The report reviewed more than 500 people with disabilities who have worked in the screen industry and found they routinely experienced low payment and precarious job roles — all within…

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NDIS participants slam ‘discriminatory’ price gouging in review

Gus McCubbing
AFR
Thursday 1st June, 2023
National Disability Insurance Scheme participants say they get charged more than double the cost for the same service an able-bodied person could get from an allied health professional, an independent
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6 Things Disabled People Can Do To Prepare For Disability Discrimination

Andrew Pulrang
Forbes
Tuesday 23rd May, 2023
Curbing disability discrimination in the workplace is everyone’s responsibility. And it’s unfair, though all too common, to place all of the burden on people with disabilities to absorb, defuse, or
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The Social Ostracism of the Disabled: A Tale of Discrimination, Deprivation, and Disregard

Rameen Siddiqui
Modern Diplomacy
Sunday 14th May, 2023
Despite being the world’s largest minority, people with disabilities are often forgotten and excluded from the mainstream paradigms and mechanisms dealing with the issues of minorities. Not only they are
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Disabled workers face systemic barriers at work: report

Danielle Kutchel
PBA
Wednesday 22nd March, 2023
An Australian-first research project has found that disabled people working in the Australian screen industry regularly face prejudice and discrimination. Alarmingly, 77 per cent of disabled respondents reported negative impacts
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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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Episode #92 – Disability and health inequity

World Health Organisation
Friday 10th February, 2023

WHO ‘s latest report highlights that one in six people in the world have significant disability and experience inequity. What are these inequities and how can we address them ?

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NSW man linked to $10m NDIS fraud syndicate jailed for three years

AFP News
Friday 16th December, 2022
A New South Wales man was today (Friday 16 December) sentenced to three years behind bars for his role in a multi-million-dollar fraud against the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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Public trustee system under the spotlight

Patricia Karvelas
RN Breakfast
Wednesday 23rd November, 2022
Since its establishment in 2019, the Disability Royal Commission has put the spotlight on the public trustee system, exposing countless cases of people losing control of their lives under the
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Resourcing key for children with disabilities to succeed in public schools, but barriers remain

Nick McAllister
ABC News
Sunday 13th November, 2022
A key concern identified was that schools failed to follow policies and laws when denying or discouraging the enrolment of students with disability, and failed to identify and implement appropriate,
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Centrelink’s Disability Support Pension application process ‘a hate crime’, says Sophie Reid-Singer

Erin Semmler
ABC Capricornia
Friday 21st October, 2022
Disability advocate and lawyer Natalie Wade says Australia's Social Security Act must be changed "to reflect the human rights of people with disability". "The process in which they must go
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The constant abuse and harassment from non-disabled people isn’t changing – in fact it’s getting even worse

El Gibbs
Guardian Australia
Friday 14th October, 2022
Friday 14th October, 2022
When I was younger, I didn’t hide away, and would shout back at this public repudiation of my body. But I am tired now, and don’t have as much energy
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