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In The Media 4 January 2017

Young People Don’t Belong In Aged-Care Facilities

As we prepare to spend Christmas with our family and friends, I ask all Australians to consider the plight of 6,200 younger people who will spend the holiday living in an aged-care facility rather than at home with their loved ones. A distressing situation, which need not be this way.

In The Media 4 January 2017

West Australians should get results of NDIS trials in state, Labor says

People with disabilities in Western Australia deserve to know the results of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) trials in the state, Federal Labor says.

In The Media 19 December 2016

The NDIS in 2016: a tough year in disability

To say it’s been a tough year for everyone in the sector is an understatement.
So it’s time to step back and take stock of things.

In The Media 12 December 2016

Swan View NDIS community meeting sees tempers flare

COMMUNITY members at a fiery public meeting in Swan View last week called on the opposition to represent those left out of decision making processes about the State’s new disability scheme.

In The Media 8 December 2016

WA National Disability Insurance Scheme: Disabled community fears being disadvantaged

A grassroots group of people with disabilities is calling for assurances they will not be worse off under a state model of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

In The Media 7 December 2016

The Genesis of the NDIS: Bringing Competing Agendas Together

Disability champion Rhonda Galbally, AO, reflects on changing attitudes to disability, the push for mainstream inclusion and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, in this extract taken from the Brotherhood of St Laurence’s annual Sambell Oration.

In The Media 6 December 2016

Carers’ needs not being met under NDIS, Anglicare report says

A leading welfare agency says the needs of carers are not being met under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

In The Media 6 December 2016

Workforce Must Proactively Welcome People With Disability

Australia needs to be more proactive in welcoming people with disability to the workplace, according to new research.

In The Media 6 December 2016

ACCC targets disability purchasing power

Guidance to empower people with disability to use their consumer rights when buying goods and services under the new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has been released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

In The Media 6 December 2016

Paralympian calls for extra support for Canberra assisted technology charity to keep operating

A former paralympic champion has urged the ACT government to help a local charity that creates assisted technology for Canberrans with a disability to keep operating.

In The Media 6 December 2016

WA to run NDIS from Perth

The State Government has finally reached an agreement with Canberra over who will run its disability services, with WA to control its own “nationally consistent” National Disability Insurance Scheme.

In The Media 6 December 2016

‘There is a place for everyone’: Victorian Government vows better disability support, access

Victorian workplaces will be encouraged to employ people with disabilities, fund leadership scholarships and create more accessible community hubs under a new State Government new plan.

In The Media 6 December 2016

Urgent Change Needed for Mentally Impaired in Indefinite Detention

A long-awaited Senate report into the indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment has found huge gaps in services for people found to be unfit to plead, with the majority being Indigenous people, and has called for urgent reforms to the system.

In The Media 6 December 2016

National Disability Insurance Scheme: Western Australia adopts own model

Western Australia will operate a version of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) unlike the rest of the country, after it came to an agreement with the Commonwealth over the adoption of a state-run model.

In The Media 6 December 2016

Plan Management Key to NDIS Success

President of financial management service organisation PCG Public Partnerships Marc Fenton, told Pro Bono Australia News that self-direction could revolutionise the Australian experience.

In The Media 21 November 2016

National Disability Insurance Scheme struggling to meet enrolment targets, report shows

The first quarterly report from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) transition phase shows the scheme came nowhere near to hitting its original estimates for enrolees.

In The Media 21 November 2016

People with disability underrepresented in politics: advocate

Some political parties are attempting to improve diversity by targeting the representation of women and culturally diverse, Indigenous and LGBTI people.

In The Media 21 November 2016

WA Government closes in on NDIS deal

The State Government is on the verge of clinching a deal to run its disability services from Perth, rather than 3200km away in Geelong.

In The Media 21 November 2016

Talks continue after ACT, federal NDIS stalemate

The ACT government and the federal agency overseeing the National Disability Insurance Scheme rollout have resumed planning meetings to cope with increased demand.

In The Media 16 November 2016

Tasmanian Government reinstates disability taxi subsidy after NDIS gap emerges

Tasmanians who have moved onto the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will now have access to a temporary taxi subsidy until next June.

In The Media 11 November 2016

Bundaberg disability group kicking down barriers through martial arts

If you are young, old, even in a wheelchair, a group in Bundaberg in Queensland is working hard to show that martial arts are for everyone by kicking down barriers around disability

In The Media 11 November 2016

Funds for Mental Health Providers To Transition to NDIS

The federal government is providing a $3 million assistance package to support mental health providers transition to the NDIS.

In The Media 11 November 2016

Disability Advocate Wins Top Award

The manager of a South Australian community visitor scheme, which carries out inspections to mental health units, hospital emergency departments and disability accommodation, Maurice Corcoran AM, has won the top award in this year’s National Disability Awards.

In The Media 11 November 2016

WA disability scheme: Confusion reigns as state, Commonwealth seek consensus

Some disability service providers in Western Australia are being forced to operate in three systems while they wait for the state and federal governments to agree on a model of the national disability scheme.