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Horsham Aquatic Centre snubbed in sports rorts saga and disability advocates want answers

Sean Wales and Danielle Grindlay
ABC Wimmera
Thursday 6th February, 2020
One of the applications rejected by the Federal Government was a project to improve disability access to Horsham's aquatic centre, in western Victoria, for upgrades that disability advocates rallied for
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Aussie children’s concerns ignored

Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Thursday 21st November, 2019
Despite being one of the first signatories of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, advocates say 30 years on, Australia is ignoring some of the biggest
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NDIA staffing boost and new CEO draws cautious optimism from stakeholders, snark from opposition

Stephen Easton
The Mandarin
Friday 18th October, 2019
The head of People with Disability Australia, Jeff Smith, was pleased by the staffing boost and welcomed Hoffman’s appointment but also called on the NDIA to keep looking for opportunities
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Where not-for-profits fear to tread

Not for Podcast
Pro bono Australia
Thursday 1st January, 1970
A new report commissioned by Pro Bono Australia in partnership with the Human Rights Law Centre, has found that not for profits are on a path of quiet advocacy. The
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The Aged Care Royal Commission is an opportunity to permanently eliminate the need for young people to enter residential aged care

Luke Bo'sher
Pro Bono News
Tuesday 10th September, 2019
Ahead of giving evidence at the Aged Care Royal Commission hearings in Melbourne this week, Luke Bo’sher outlines his key arguments around why young people end up in aged care
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Young people with disabilities are trapped in nursing homes

Bronwyn Morkham
SMH
Sunday 8th September, 2019
It is hard to live your life surrounded by death. That is the confronting challenge facing around 6,000 young people with disabilities who are in Australian nursing homes. One young
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Jenny Macklin and the creation of the NDIS

Big Ideas
ABC Radio National
Thursday 15th August, 2019
Jenny Macklin held many social policy portfolios over her long political career. As Minister for Disability Reform in the Gillard government she ushered in the NDIS. Jenny talks about the
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‘This will get messy’: Paralympian Kurt Fearnley’s royal commission warning

Judith Ireland
Sydney Morning Herald
Sunday 28th July, 2019
Disability groups, along with Labor and the Greens, are calling for the removal of commissioners John Ryan and Barbara Bennett due to to conflict-of-interest concerns. Despite growing community pressure, the
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Why people with disabilities want former public servants to resign from royal commission

Stephen Easton
The Mandarin
Tuesday 9th April, 2019
Almost 60 groups representing people with disabilities say public servants are too conflicted to be effective as royal commissioners tasked with shining a light on violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation
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Advocates fight plan to use surplus NDIS funds to boost budget

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Thursday 28th March, 2019
Disability groups are demanding that the Morrision government keep any unspent National Disability Insurance Scheme money within the scheme, after reports emerged the funds will be used to boost the
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Government pledges to remove young people from nursing homes

Luke Michael
Pro bono News
Friday 22nd March, 2019
The federal government will help young people with disability in aged care facilities to move into homes of their choosing, as part of a new national action plan. The government
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Disability advocates gear up to fight for more than the NDIS

Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 20th March, 2019

Australia’s disability policy beyond 2020 must focus on more than the National Disability Insurance Scheme and actually be implemented, advocates say in the lead up to a community consultation period…

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