Little has changed since disability royal commission exposed deep institutional failings – ABC News
Little has changed since disability royal commission exposed deep institutional failings ABC News – By the Specialist Reporting Team’s Evan Young “Devastated.” “An insult.” “A failure of leadership.” That’s what the disability community said a year ago when the federal government released its initial response to the $600 million Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect […]
Health outcomes for people with intellectual disability remain ‘comparable to third world countries’ – ABC News
Health outcomes for people with intellectual disability remain ‘comparable to third world countries’ – ABC News By national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella and the Specialist Reporting Team’s Evan Young Australians with intellectual disability continue to experience unconscious bias in the medical system and much poorer health outcomes than people without disability. On average, they die 27 […]
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 […]
Treatment of man with disability referred to QLD’s human rights watchdog – ABC News
Treatment of man at Brisbane’s Forensic Disability Service referred to Queensland’s human rights watchdog – ABC News State political reporters Kate McKenna, Rachel Riga and Alexandra Blucher, ABC Investigations; Posted Tue 17 Oct 2023 at 5:47am, updated Tue 17 Oct 2023 at 2:20pm A complaint has labelled the treatment of the man with an intellectual disability as “cruel, inhuman and […]
‘We were supposed to be protected’: Florence was allegedly raped in a mental health ward – and she’s not alone – ABC News
‘We were supposed to be protected’: Florence was allegedly raped in a mental health ward – and she’s not alone – ABC News triple j Hack / By Ayla Darling, ABC Investigations Posted 3/10/2023 Parents of a teenage girl are considering taking legal action after their then 13-year-old daughter was allegedly raped by a male patient at […]