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Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 20th March, 2019

Advocacy services are being swamped with people needing help appealing their National Disability Insurance Scheme plans, disability groups have warned in the wake of new funding to the sector.

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Monday 18th February, 2019
Disability advocates are calling for a royal commission into the violence and abuse of people with disability to be set up immediately after the Morrison government threw its support behind
Rachel Wells
Sydney Morning Herald
Saturday 16th February, 2019
Families of victims of disability abuse have joined Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to demand a royal commission into the abuse of people living with disabilities. The move came on Saturday
Luke Michael
Pro bono News
Monday 17th September, 2018
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the royal commission on Sunday, and said it would primarily examine the quality of care provided in aged care to senior Australians, while also including
Department of Social Services (DSS)
Wednesday 9th August, 2017
This report summarises the responses received to the Discussion Paper, meetings with stakeholders by phone, in small groups and in large forums, and relevant research and review findings. It describes
Wendy Williams
Pro Bono News
Monday 16th January, 2017

The government announced in the December mid-year economic review that $3.7 billion from the Education Investment Fund, used to fund university infrastructure, would be credited into the NDIS. However it…

Wendy Williams
ProBono Australia
Friday 6th January, 2017

The disability sector has backed calls for the Centrelink debt recovery “fiasco” to be suspended immediately amid concerns about the impact it is having on people with disability.

Wendy Williams
ProBono Australia
Tuesday 8th November, 2016

A new advisory council has been established to work with the federal government on policies affecting people with disability and drive the implementation of the National Disability Strategy.

Jodie van de Wetering
Ramp Up
Monday 16th June, 2014

Can we change the world with a click and a share? Engaging in online activism can’t replace putting a face to a name or chatting over a cuppa, but it…

Kate Hagan
The Age
Friday 27th April, 2012

She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 19 and her marriage broke down when it all became too much, but Katy Skene considers herself one of the lucky ones. At…

Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference
Disability Discrimination Legal Service (DDLS)
Monday 26th March, 2012

This slideshow was presented at the 2012 Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference: You Be The Judge held at Melbourne Park Conference Centre. This is a biennial event hosted by the Disability…