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Alison Branley
ABC Lateline
Wednesday 17th May, 2017

More than 100 prominent academics have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling for a royal commission into violence, abuse and neglect of people with a disability.

 Elise Worthington
ABC 7.30
Thursday 9th February, 2017

Research released in the medical journal BMJ Open on Wednesday reveals a disturbing pattern of unnecessary deaths in the Australian health system.

Wendy Williams
ProBono Australia
Monday 9th January, 2017

The not-for-profit sector is calling for urgent action amid concerns people living with a mental illness could “fall through the gaps” as the National Disability Insurance Scheme absorbs some mental…

Shalailah Medhora
ABC
Wednesday 9th November, 2016

Would you plead guilty to crime you didn’t commit and serve out the jail time? What if your only other option was being locked up with no release date in…

Eoin Blackwell
HuffPost Australia
Monday 24th October, 2016

Mental health as a key performance indicator (KPI)? It’s a future BeyondBlue Chairman Jeff Kennett wants to see for Australian business. The former Victorian Premier has called for performance bonuses…

Ben Pobjie
SBS
Tuesday 11th October, 2016

Mental illness won’t go away once we address stigma – we need to address the symptoms, writes Ben Pobjie.

Henrietta Cook and Timna Jacks
The Age
Wednesday 14th September, 2016

A young man with autism was shackled for up to 24 hours a day during a nine-month ordeal at a Victorian hospital.

Ashley Argoon, Elissa Doherty
Herald Sun
Thursday 18th August, 2016

Desperate parents are turning to the human rights watchdog to seek justice for children removed from schools for mental health conditions. Nearly 20 complaints of children being expelled, suspended or…

George Taleporos
ABC News
Wednesday 3rd August, 2016

I support the right to assisted dying, but I also worry that people will look at me with my crooked and paralysed body and make that decision for me. The…

Sam Bidley
Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader
Sunday 5th June, 2016

A CORONER has recommended new safety measures after an intellectually disabled woman choked on her dinner at a Lilydale supported accommodation facility.

Kim Lester and Genevieve Jacobs
666 ABC Camberra
Monday 18th April, 2016

People with a mental illness must demonstrate a psychosocial disability to be eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), however a recent survey has revealed most respondents do not…

Miki Perkins
The Age
Sunday 21st February, 2016

Dual disability can be crappy for many reasons. For those with the diagnosis, it’s tough enough having a brain that doesn’t seem to work as efficiently as everyone else’s. It’s…