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In The Media 23 June 2015

Disability Advocacy Review

People with disability, their families and disability advocates are being urged to participate in a review of the Federal Government’s National Disability Advocacy Framework.

In The Media 23 June 2015

NDIS funding not enough to meet needs, says draft paper

The agency running the $22 billion national disability insurance scheme will spend up to $900 million a year on housing but has ¬declared it will never own or build housing stock, according to a draft discussion paper.

In The Media 23 June 2015

Tourism industry should cater for people with disabilities to build business

Tasmania’s Tourism Industry Council (TICT) sees huge potential for the state to better cater for travellers with disabilities.

In The Media 22 June 2015

Disability sector set to get $150 million boost in NSW budget as families call for more group homes

The New South Wales Government is promising a $150 million funding boost for people with disabilities in next week’s budget.

The money will pay for 900 new respite places and 310 new supported accommodation places across NSW, to try to cater for the huge demand.

In The Media 22 June 2015

Former disability discrimination commissioner Graeme Innes outraged by Government’s wind farm role

Australia’s first blind disability discrimination commissioner says the Federal Government has sent the wrong message by proposing the establishment of a wind farms commissioner, a year after axing his former role.

In The Media 18 June 2015

Thanks for not giving me a go – I’m now my own boss

REJECTION has been Laura Scurr’s greatest asset.

No-one would hire her so she’s rolled her wheelchair straight to the top and is now the boss of her own virtual administration business.

In The Media 15 June 2015

Family fights Disability Services to stay together

Nona Westenrieder doesn’t want a lot – just a chance to keep her family together.

Ms Westenrieder’s parents, Merv and Helen Leneham, took in four boys with severe disabilities when no one else would.

In The Media 15 June 2015

Abandoned school sites could be given new life under housing plan for elderly and disabled people

A FORMER young South Australian Citizen of the Year is developing plans to turn vacant former school sites in the northern suburbs into housing for people on low-incomes.

In The Media 15 June 2015

People with disabilities hope building review will improve access

Opportunities for people with disabilities under the NDIS are in danger of being wasted unless building standards are improved to provide better access to public transport and offie blocks.

In The Media 15 June 2015

New data confirms disability funding crisis, says AEU

A nationwide trial is being conducted to determine the real needs of schools for educating students with disability and will be used to determine funding from 2016.

In The Media 15 June 2015

Cuts force younger patients into residential care

YOUNGER people living with dementia will be more likely to go into residential care when a vital early intervention program is axed, Alzheimer’s advocates have warned.

In The Media 9 June 2015

NDIS helps Briahna Grant-Griffin set up rag doll business with push-button sewing machine

Briahna Grant-Griffin dreams of one-day having her own place with a pink and purple front door.

The same passion for colour goes into her fabric choices for the rag dolls she makes and sells to bring her goal closer.

In The Media 5 June 2015

SA man eligible for release forced to spend year in jail due to lack of disability housing

A cognitively impaired South Australian man has been forced to spend almost a year in jail, despite being eligible for release, because of a lack of disability housing.

In The Media 4 June 2015

New Disability Employment Model Needed

The Federal Government is spending around $1 billion on disability employment services every year, but only a third of the people supported by these services will find a job.

Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Mitch Fifield, writes that Australia needs a system that works better for people with disability.

In The Media 2 June 2015

NDIS confusion in Victoria as state and federal governments yet to agree on details

There is confusion about how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will work in Victoria and concern it may not be delivered on time, disability advocates and service providers say.

In The Media 1 June 2015

AFDO launches Disability Loop website

Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) is very pleased to launch the Disability Loop website at www.disabilityloop.org.au today.

In The Media 29 May 2015

Disability advocates call for Senator Mitch Fifield to be ‘more forthcoming’ over NDIS funding

Disability advocates’ concerns grow as another federal budget passes without specific details about how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be paid for when it is rolled out in full.

In The Media 26 May 2015

Disability Employment Package

The 2015 Federal Budget has provided $25 million over four years to start to shape Disability Employment toward a new model in 2018 in which it expects 22,000 people with disability to be employment-ready.

In The Media 25 May 2015

Former NSW premier Nick Greiner says public housing is ‘crap’ and slams bureaucracy

Public housing in NSW is “crap” and the housing bureaucracy is “conservative in the worst sense of the word”, former Liberal Premier Nick Greiner says, claiming number-fiddling cannot disguise a dearth of new public housing.

In The Media 25 May 2015

13,000 Queensland jobs to come with NDIS scheme

JOB agencies need to be ready for the creation of 13,000 new Queensland jobs when the NDIS scheme rolls out, according to Disability Services Minister Coralee O’Rourke.

In The Media 25 May 2015

Disability advocates call for funds to explain NDIS

Disability advocates have called for extra funding to allow them to help people confused about accessing the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

In The Media 25 May 2015

Rockhampton employment, training agencies gear up for NDIS

Rockhampton employment and training agencies attended a local workshop today to learn more about jobs and business opportunities that will flow to Central Queensland from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

In The Media 22 May 2015

Calls for NDIS Hunter issues to be fixed before early rollout

A Newcastle disability service provider says while it is important the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is rolled out as soon as possible, some challenges need to be addressed.

In The Media 19 May 2015

NDIS Citizens’ Jury Scorecard Rates Well

People With Disability Australia (PWDA) has hailed the success of the NDIS Citizens’ Jury Scorecard report, saying it has uncovered deep and meaningful feedback.

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