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New Report: NDIS pricing is affecting quality
Reasonable, necessary and valued: Pricing disability services for quality support and decent jobs was prepared by a research team led by UNSW for the Health Services Union, Australian
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Doors closed for renters with disability
Anglicare’s latest rental affordability snapshot shows that less than 1% of rental properties were affordable for people on a Disability Support Pension (DSP) in April.
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Australians living longer without disability
On average, as Australians we can expect to live over one-fifth of our lives with some level of acquired disability. But our disability-free life expectancy is improving, according to a new report.
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Seeing ourselves? Not likely.
A recent study found only 4 per cent of TV show characters in Australia had a disability.
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Aboriginal participation in disability services
A report from the Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin details the twelve factors that can influence the participation of Aboriginal people in disability services.
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PC review of disability services
The Productivity Commission has released its review into government disability services.
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New stats show barriers still exist
The latest ABS statistics on disability in Australia identify discrimination, low workforce participation and low incomes as major barriers preventing people with disability from living full and happy lives.
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NDS State of the Disability Sector Report 2016
With disability support providers critical to the success of the NDIS, it’s vital they are involved in co-design of the scheme, including pricing, and a clear plan is in place to help further with the transition, according to National Disability Services.
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Carers: Doing it Tough, Doing it Well
Anglicare’s report Carers: Doing it Tough, Doing it Well outlines how cares are faring under the NDIS and makes recommendations to ensure carers don’t slip through the cracks as the scheme rolls out more widely.
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NDIA Annual Report 2015-16
Check out the NDIS’s new Annual Report. It’s a snapshot of the final year of the NDIS trials as the scheme moved to the full roll out on July 1, 2016.
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Locked out of work
This week’s ABS report on disability, ageing and carers reveals that there has been little to no improvement in labour force participation for people with disability or their carers in the last three years.
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Accessible Travel – World Tourism Day 2016
As a tourism operator or destination marketing manager, it is hard to imagine what it would be like travelling with an impairment or disability.
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Disability Service Organisations (DSO) Financial Sustainability Report
A new study from Curtin University’s Not-for-profit Initiative and NDS’s Centre for Applied Disability Research (CADR) provides governments, disability service providers and the broader community with detailed information on the supply and sustainability of disability services in Australia.
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MyPlace Portal Implementation Review – Final Report
Considering the need to transition in another approximately 400,000 users to the Scheme over the next three years, PwC makes six recommendations to address the identified issues being faced by the NDIS MyPlace Portal
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Researching your research needs
A national survey is asking people to outline their research evidence needs when it comes to making policies and programs around disability.
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Anglicare Australia Rental Affordability Snapshot
Each year Anglicare Australia conducts the Rental Affordability Snapshot. Developed by the Social Action Research Centre at Anglicare Tasmania in 2007, it was designed to highlight the lived experience of people looking for housing while in receipt of a low income.
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Economic Benefits of the NDIS in Queensland
National Disability Services and Every Australian Counts have released a paper showing the potential scale of the economic benefits the NDIS will bring to Queensland.
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Economic Benefits of the NDIS in South Australia
National Disability Services and Every Australian Counts have released a paper showing the potential scale of the economic benefits the NDIS will bring to South Australia.
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Economic Benefits of the NDIS in Victoria
National Disability Services and Every Australian Counts have released a paper showing the potential scale of the economic benefits the NDIS will bring to Victoria.
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Research update: supporting people with complex disability
With the NDIS due to be rolled out in most states from July, new research highlights how we can make sure it provides the best support for young people with complex disability.
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Independent Advisory Council update
In its 2015 end of year update the Independent Advisory Council (IAC) looks back on its work in making the NDIS the best it can be for people with disability.
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Keeping people safe under the NDIS
The NDIS will give people with disability the opportunity and freedom to choose their supports, but how do you find the right balance between choice and safety?
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NDIA – Year 2 in review
The National Disability Insurance Agency has released its annual report for 2014-2015, with a reflection of how the NDIS fared in its second year.
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Anglicare asks “who’s being left behind”?
Anglicare Australia marked Anti Poverty Week (11-17 October) with the release of a snapshot on living standards in Australia.
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