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Inclusion Australia
Friday 13th May, 2022

There was good news from the Australian Government budget this week with the announcement of funding for a range of measures on supported employment. Supported employment for people with disability…

NDIS
Sunday 8th May, 2022

Winnie and Gary Andrews jumped at the chance to have their son Ben join the NDIS during early trials in the Hunter region of New South Wales in 2014. It…

Government of Victoria
Friday 29th April, 2022
The Victorian Government is committed to ensuring that government boards and committees reflect the rich diversity of the Victorian community. Women, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with a
Yonah Welker
World Economic forum
Monday 17th April, 2023
However, existing social bias, historical exclusion and insufficient research and data sets pose a challenge for the successful development and implementation of cognitive diversity policies.
Christina Ryan
Disability Leadership Institute
Thursday 30th March, 2023
It is assumed that by building a greater concentration of disability at the entry level, that over time disabled workers will drift upwards into positions of leadership and decision making.
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
Freya Lucas
The Sector
Friday 17th March, 2023
“People living with disability aren’t looking for a hand-out or to be given a job because they have a disability. All they want is a fair opportunity in the recruitment
Disability Leadership Institute
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022

In late 2022, the federal government convened a forum to discuss the National Disability Strategy. The final panel examined the issue of “attitudes” – a regular topic of conversation amongst…

Probono Australia
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022

New research from the Australian Network on Disability (AND) has uncovered some of the barriers people with disability face in employment. The research comes at a critical time for disability…

Guardian Australia
Monday 27th February, 2023

A New South Wales Labor government would team up with former Australian of the year Dylan Alcott in a commitment to recruit more than 10,000 people with disabilities to the…

Sydney Morning Herald
Friday 17th February, 2023

Australia is lagging other countries when it comes to employing people with disability. A gulf exists between the employment rates of working-aged Australians with and without disability. The gap here

NDIS
Friday 24th February, 2023

Greenvale’s Tobias Ward-Boas said he couldn’t wipe the smile off his face when he received a call to say he’d landed a job with the Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals…