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Sarah Houbolt
The Feed SBS
Wednesday 14th June, 2017

Last year, The Feed did a story about my work as a circus performer, and about how I perform with partial sight (you can watch it below). Patrick (the reporter)…

Alison Branley
ABC News
Friday 9th June, 2017

Major organisations including St Vincent De Paul Society, Anglicare and the National Congress of Australia’s First People have thrown their support behind calls for a royal commission into the abuse…

Alexandra Beech
ABC Online
Friday 26th May, 2017

The co-chief executive of People With Disability Australia, Matthew Bowden, has welcomed Labor’s announcement, saying violence against people with a disability was at “epidemic levels”.

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.

Lisa Cox
Huffington Post australia
Monday 24th April, 2017

There are definitely brave disabled people out there but they are brave for what they have achieved, not because they are in a wheelchair, have autism, missing a limb or…

Colleen Pearce
Brisbane Times
Tuesday 4th April, 2017

Just one day after the ABC aired last week’s Four Corners investigation into taxpayer-funded group homes for the disabled, my office had a call about an extremely troubling case of…

Time Base
Monday 13th February, 2017

Attorney-General Brandis has announced that the Australian Government will be ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“OPCAT”). In

NDS
Monday 20th February, 2017

Human Rights and You is a national video-based e-learning program for disability support workers about why human rights matter when supporting people with disability. The program aligns with the Victorian

Patrick McGee
Pro Bono News
Monday 20th February, 2017

The justice system doesn’t know how to respond to disability, particularly for Indigenous Australians, writes Patrick McGee who addressed the inaugural Australian Lawyers for Human Rights National Human Rights Conference…

Bridie Byrne
Leader
Thursday 9th February, 2017

The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission had 8170 inquiries raising 11,823 issues in the past financial year. Disability was raised 1808 times, which is more than any other…

 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.

NDS
Thursday 2nd February, 2017

This animation will help you understand what human rights are and why they are important in your work with people with disability. This short video is part of the ‘Human