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The Medical Journal of Australia
Wednesday 13th December, 2023

I was an anaesthetist and intensive care specialist, commissioning Western Australia’s first non‐tertiary intensive care unit and becoming the State Medical Director of DonateLife WA. On 16 September 2018, I…

Consumer Affairs Victoria
Friday 8th December, 2023

Consumer Affairs Victoria are warning about unqualified or unscrupulous operators doing dodgy home modifications. Their checklist helps people manage a building project worth $10K

Canberra Times
Saturday 25th November, 2023

Women living with disabilities are almost twice as likely to experience domestic violence than those without, but most will not seek help.

Mirage News
Friday 24th November, 2023

A new report from People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has revealed the significant barriers women and children with disability face when accessing domestic and family violence services. The report, produced…

DARU
Friday 24th November, 2023

Disability Advocates are highly likely to identify family violence or receive disclosures of experiences of violence in their work. Rates of violence against people with disabilities are around twice as…

ABC News
Tuesday 17th October, 2023

It’s Christmas Day. A man paces the caged courtyard attached to his secure unit. There are bits of tinsel strewn around it – an attempt to bring colour into his…

People With Disability Australia
Mirage News
Tuesday 26th September, 2023

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is calling for urgent reform to ensure the human rights of people with disability are upheld in Australia, outlining 10 actions that all Australian governments…

Sian Johnson, Tim Callanan and staff
ABC News
Thursday 28th September, 2023

Disability advocates say tighter regulation of NDIS service providers is needed after an ABC investigation uncovered “sickening” practices being used against children with disabilities. The ABC’s Four Corners revealed children with autism and…

Australian Human Rights Commission
Thursday 28th September, 2023

Two of Australia’s human rights leaders have expressed grave concerns in the wake of shocking videos broadcast on ABC’s Four Corners program, which showed children with intellectual disabilities being repeatedly…

ABC News
Wednesday 13th September, 2023

Scams to people with a disability have risen by over 58 per cent in 2 years, according to data from Scamwatch. Now a TAC-funded program, co-designed by people with brain injuries,…

ABC News
Sunday 10th September, 2023

In politics, saying sorry can bring you instant headlines. It can be seen as a sign of humility that says: we’re listening. But it’s not a solution, and the Palaszczuk…

DANA
Friday 8th September, 2023
Friday 10th November, 2023

It is critical as it gets closer to the release of the Disability Royal Commission report and recommendations that we keep the pressure up on the Australian Government to act now and end the…