Understanding Domestic And Family Violence Videos – Queensland
Domestic and Family Violence Videos – Queensland In 2023-24, WWILD’s Listen Up! project worked alongside lived experience expert consultants with intellectual disability to create accessible resources talking about Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland. This project was supported with funding from the Commonwealth Department of Social Services, the Investing in Queensland Women grant program: Office […]
Options After Experiencing Sexual Violence In Queensland – Easy Read Resources
Options After Experiencing Sexual Violence In Queensland – Easy Read Resources In 2023-24, WWILD’s Listen Up! project worked alongside lived experience expert consultants with intellectual disability to create easy read resources talking about options after experiencing sexual violence in Queensland. This project was supported with funding from the Commonwealth Department of Social Services. Contacting […]
South Australian Council of Intellectual Disability (SACID) Resources
South Australian Council of Intellectual Disability (SACID) Resources SACID is the South Australian representative of Inclusion Australia. They speak up about issues that are important to people with intellectual disability and their families in South Australia on a national level. They speak up for a South Australian community where people with intellectual disability can be […]
Neve Website – Women With Disability Australia (WWDA)
Neve Website – Women With Disability Australia (WWDA) Neve is a safe, accessible space. It is by and for women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary people with disabilities. You can learn about Wellbeing, Support, Staying Safe, Families and a page For Professionals. Neve is about supporting our community to live safe and fulfilled lives. Neve is here […]
Women with disabilities fear government response to domestic violence threat will leave them behind – ABC News
Women with disabilities fear government response to domestic violence threat will leave them behind – ABC News By political reporter Claudia Long; posted 6.5.24 In summary: Women with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to face sexual and physical abuse. Those fleeing a violent partner are eligible for a $5,000 payment, but that doesn’t apply to […]
Homicide in Australia report shows almost half the women murdered last financial year were killed by a current or former intimate partner – ABC News
Homicide in Australia report shows almost half the women murdered last financial year were killed by a current or former intimate partner – ABC News By Charlotte Gore and Jade Toomey Posted 29.4.24 In short: The Australian Institute of Criminology’s Homicide in Australia report shows 49 per cent of female victims of homicide were killed by a former or current intimate partner […]
Call For Legal Aid For Australians With Disability – ABC News
Call For Legal Aid for Australians With Disability ABC News Broadcast by Nick Grimm In recent years legal aid services around the country have warned that too little government funding has left them struggling to ensure everyone can equal access to justice, regardless of income. But this year the peak body National Legal Aid is calling […]
Federal court fines care provider Live Better $1.8 million after bathwater burns death – ABC News
Federal court fines care provider Live Better $1.8 million after bathwater burns death – ABC News / By Jamie McKinnell Posted 23h ago In short: Care services provider Live Better has been fined $1.8 million for breaching care standards that resulted in the death of a 28-year-old Indigenous woman. The Federal Court found the not-for-profit had committed “fundamental […]
Review details how NDIS Commission failed to act over controversial autism program – ABC News
Review details how NDIS Commission failed to act over controversial autism program – ABC News ABC Investigations / By Anne Connolly and Ninah Kopel Posted Wed 10 Apr 2024 at 3:25pmWednesday 10 Apr 2024 at 3:25pm, updated Wed 10 Apr 2024 at 4:26pm In short: Former judge Jennifer Boland found the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission failed to take action to close […]
National domestic violence phone service introduces ‘discreet’ text messaging option – ABC News
National domestic violence phone service introduces ‘discreet’ text messaging option ABC News By political reporter Nour Haydar, Posted Fri 8 Dec 2023 at 4:42am The national phone and online counselling service for victims of domestic, family, and sexual violence is being expanded to include a new “discreet” text messaging option. Key points: The government says demand […]
