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 […]
The disability royal commission is about to report. Here’s a recap of the past four-and-a-half years – ABC News
The disability royal commission is about to report. Here’s a recap of the past four-and-a-half years ABC News By the Specialist Reporting Team’s Evan Young and Celina Edmonds Posted 27/9/23 After four-and-a-half years of work, the disability royal commission’s final report and recommendations look set to become public this week. Advocates say we can’t afford to take the […]
Video shows boy with autism unlawfully pinned to the ground facedown by adults in ‘abusive’ NDIS-funded therapy – ABC News
Video shows boy with autism unlawfully pinned to the ground facedown by adults in ‘abusive’ NDIS-funded therapy ABC News Four Corners / By Anne Connolly, Amy Donaldson and Jessica Longbottom; Posted 25/9/23, updated 26/9/23 Please note this article and accompanying videos are very distressing. Please do not read further if you have experienced any kind of abuse or violence, […]
People with disabilities are being ‘trafficked’ for their NDIS funding, insiders say – ABC News
People with disabilities are being ‘trafficked’ for their NDIS funding, insiders say ABC News Four Corners/ By Anne Connolly, Amy Donaldson and Jessica Longbottom Posted 24/9/23, updated 25/9/23 Nurse Linda Karafili remembers getting the call from her client. He was “absolutely desperate”. The man, who had a history of severe mental health issues, had been coerced to move […]
Without change, the trauma of the disability royal commission will have all been for nothing – ABC News
Without change, the trauma of the disability royal commission will have all been for nothing ABC News – By national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella Posted 24/9/23 at 5:26am For four-and-a-half years, the disability community has bared its soul. The country has learned how we’ve been sexually abused, physically attacked in our homes or in public, had our children […]
Robert Tremble left a Queensland hospital with three unexplained spinal fractures, now a coroner is probing his death – ABC News
Robert Tremble left a Queensland hospital with three unexplained spinal fractures, now a coroner is probing his death ABC News Written By Jemima Burt; Posted 14.9.2023 When Robyn Tremble admitted her 48-year-old son with Down syndrome to a Queensland hospital for a routine epileptic episode in December 2020, she believed he was in the […]
