Every Australian Counts – National Press Club Address
The Every Australian Counts campaign has the honour of organising an address at the National Press Club in Canberra on the 23rd of November 2011 starting at 11:45am.
The event is times to be the day following the National Disability Awards Ceremony in Parliament house. This significant event we mark the build up to our “Spread The Word” week. We encourage everyone attending the disability awards to purchase tickets to this important event.
Find out more and purchase tickets at:http://www.npc.org.au/speakers/peter-darch-dr-rhonda-galbally-dr.html
The Speakers:
Peter Darch is an outstanding member of the community. Named WA Young Person of the Year for 2011, the 26-year-old, lives and work in Mandurah WA. Peter is a counsellor and youth development officer with Mandurah City Council. He became a quadriplegic in a swimming accident in his teenage years.
Video of Peter Darch
Dr Rhonda Galbally is a disability advocate and Federal Government nominee to the NDIS Advisory Group. Rhonda has focussed her life’s work on making a difference for a more equitable society. A CEO for 25 years in the business, philanthropic and government sectors, Rhonda’s leadership in finding effective solutions for social, health and economic development culminated in her establishing http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/ – a hub of resources, training and advice to help improve the operational and governance capacity of Australia’s 700,000 community organisations in fundraising, grant-seeking, governance, marketing and formation of partnerships with business and local, state and federal governments.
Video of Dr Rhonda Galbally
Dr Paul Brock AM FACE FACEL, is the Director of Learning and Development Research in the Office of the Director-General, NSW Department of Education and Communities and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney. Dr Brock is also an Honorary Research Fellow within the University of New England; and an Honorary Associate in the Centre for Values Ethics and Law in Medicine within the Faculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney. Dr Brock is a Vice Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, NSW. Throughout his forty four year career in education as a school teacher, deputy principal, an academic in Australian, British and North American universities, and as a policy advisor to a series of Federal and State Ministers of Education, he has researched and published extensively in the field of English literature, language and literacy as well as in the area of professional teaching standards and ethics. His PhD was conferred on him by The University of New England in 1985. His more than 130 publications include single-authored books, co-authored books, co-edited books, monographs, chapters in books, refereed journal articles, and poetry. He has also delivered nearly 200 academic and professional papers to international and Australian conferences and forums.
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What a great line up of speakers. The important part is, will anyone in Canberra be listening? Its vital that the economic rationalists, the collective social reformers and the environmental stalwarts as well as the independents, actually acknowledge the systemic failures of past disability policy – that is based on viewing people living with disability as aliens- has resulted in the plight we find the situation in today. Its time for good policy implementation now. Its time for reform. Its time for us to acknowledge that the past may have had good intentions…but its time to acknowledge that it wasn’t enough. The truth is, as citizens, we all have something to contribute. Sometimes its highly valued by $$$ – other times, its priceless.
Its Time…. for freedom.
Great news that this has been organised: terrific speakers lined up.
Yes TDL a great line up of speakers, and the media will be listening at the Press Club Lunch. A real coup for the campaign organisers. If the journalists really listen, they will be able to promote our cause very effectively through their newspapers, radio and television stations. A big shot in the arm for the campaign and added pressure on the governments of our country to do the right thing.
I’m going :)
Now to let everyone know i am going and make them watch it on TV :)
congratulations on the campaign
Not a bad line up but it’s missing one element “a direct care worker” who works day in and day out as part of there job….. These people are skilled and trained and have a wonderful insight into the World that people with a disability have from day to day
Does this include carers and people with a mental health disability?
Not a bad line up of speakers at all but I feel that something is missing. I really feel that they needed a “direct Care worker” who works in the industry on an everyday bais as they can speek for those that cann’t as this is there job. The deal with every day issues when servicing people with disabilities and understand the importances of the NIDS as they are so multi-skilled in there job and have insights that some may not see outside of the family
I hope all goes well today and the powerful messages reach their intended audience….the people with the budget…those with the ability to make the hard choices about how to change the systems that inhibit and confine lives rather than enable and create inclusion through education, skill development, meaningful activity for some, paid employment for others, high learning or just more choice………..The NDIS can be our goal; to have everyone contributing to a system equally that’s very likely we will all, or someone close to us will, use at some time in our lives. To get another Press Club event around disability is very exciting!
Congratulations on your impending address to the National Press Club this am. Every Australian should be behind your NDIS campaign as a reflection of our humanity and respect for each other. People with disabilities, their carers and support structures need to have a nationally funded support system that will assist their everyday needs. We all know someone with a disability so let ‘s get behind this great campaign and let’s hope that people like Bill Shorten and Jenny Macklin have the courage and determination to make this happen so that we can truly become an inclusive society.
This is wonderful to see. Paul Brock is one of the most respected members of the education community being a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and The Australian Council of Educational Leaders. The quality of his thinking is remarkable. Hopefully the education world will tune in wholeheartedly to this broadcast.
at last people with a disability are finding a voice,
for to long they have been ignored ,put on the back burner of politics slippery slopes,
forced to put up with the voice, and the inability, of those that can not comprehend
the every day realities that those with a disability face.
congratulations,to all those wonderful people involved the NDIS is a great start, we now hope that the press will give credit where credit is due,and will promote on the front pages the long term values of the NDIS.
My sincere thoughts are in this as it is great to see that members of the public
are stepping out there to help build an inclusive society for people with Disabilities
and for those who provide and care for them.
As a person with a Disability myself and working together with other
people with Disabilities in the Community I know what it is like and that it is important
to have that kind of much needed support in our society these days.
Let us together take this oppertunity to stand behind this exciting campaign knowing
that the more voices we have the more stronger our message will be to those in Governement.
Rhonda Gallbally makes an impressive speach and saying that maybe we should go with what we’ve got, so listening to Peter Darch talk about how someone in his situation has to go through the ropes to move forward with his life, which is everything I suspected and am experiencing it once again trying to get speach therapy for my granddaughter, I cant understand why this just isn’t a part of any program, when is someone going to listen to what people are saying. People with disabilities have a right to a good quality of life without having to struggle twice as hard. When I heard Paul Brock talking about his life and family and carer a while back it touched my heart and I began letting others know, its great that its on the way only wish it was now.