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Community Visitors Annual Report 2020-21

Office of the Public Advocate
Thursday 18th November, 2021
Community Visitors are volunteers who play a vital role in safeguarding the rights of people with disability and fostering their inclusion in the community. This is an annual report that
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Public hearing 3 report – The experience of living in a group home for people with disability

Disability Royal Commission
Wednesday 30th September, 2020
The Royal Commission held a public hearing in Melbourne from Monday 2 December to Friday 6 December 2019. It inquired into homes and living for people with disability in Victoria
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Models of integrated care, health and housing

National Ageing Research Institute
Thursday 13th August, 2020
This report finds that integrated models for care, health and housing that are embedded in the community are the most effective at empowering clients and carers to take a lead
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Supported Independent Living Report

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Parliament of Australia
Wednesday 13th May, 2020
The committee was very critical of how complicated and confusing the whole process was – and just how little had changed over the last few years. The report makes 45
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The Housing Hub

Summer Foundation
Saturday 1st September, 2018
The Housing Hub is a new way for people with disability to find suitable housing. The Housing Hub advertises vacancies for all types of housing that may be relevant to
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People with disabilities beaten, sexually assaulted and sedated under ‘epidemic proportions’ of violence and abuse

Huff Post australia
Friday 18th March, 2016

Violence, abuse, and neglect of Australia’s disabled people is at an epidemic level, national rights and advocacy organisation People with Disability Australia has said in a detailed submission to the…

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Violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability in institutional and residential settings, including the gender and age related dimensions, and the particular situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability, and culturally and linguistically diverse people with disability report

Commonwealth of Australia
Senate Committee on Community Affairs
Wednesday 25th November, 2015

This matter was referred by the Senate to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report: on 11 February 2015. Over 160 submissions were received and public hearings…

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SHUT OUT: The Experience of People with Disabilities and their Families in Australia

National People with Disabilities and Carer Council
Commonwealth of Australia
Tuesday 1st May, 2012

Many of the large institutions that housed generations of people with disabilities—out of sight and out of mind—are now closed. Australians with disabilities are now largely free to live in…

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Locked Out: Discrimination in Victoria’s Private Rental Market

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Thursday 1st January, 1970

This report highlights the struggles vulnerable Victorians are facing when trying to access the private rental market. It indicates that some people experience discrimination and stereotyping because of race, disability…

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DARU Disability & Ageing Forum

Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference
DARU
Tuesday 11th September, 2012
ation and support needs of people with disabilities who are ageing was a major issue identified by delegates attending the 2012 Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference. In response, DARU hosted this
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