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DetailsQueensland’s Public Trustee system to be investigated after Four Corners report revealed high fees and financial mismanagement Four Corners By Anne Connolly, Ali Russell and Stephanie Zillman, ABC Investigations Posted 15/3/2022 Excerpt: The Queensland government has ordered two separate investigations into the state’s Office of the Public Trustee, after a Four Corners report revealed exorbitant fees and dire financial mismanagement. Key…
DetailsMasks, RATs and clean air – how people with disability can protect themselves from COVID The Conversation (online newspaper) Written By: Anne Kavanagh and Helen Dickinson Published: February 24, 2022 6.13am AEDT Excerpt: People with disability bear a disproportionate burden of COVID infections, serious disease and death. Every time a support worker enters their home, people with disability risk…
DetailsReport on Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence across Australia – WWDA and NATSIWA The Australian Women Against Violence Alliance’s much-awaited Report on Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence across Australia was launched at 1pm today (17.2.2022) at an online event run in collaboration with Women With Disabilities Australia…
DetailsFamilies in crisis after NDIS funding cuts to participants with autism and intellectual disabilities – ABC News By state political reporter Bridget Rollason Posted Fri 11 Feb 2022 at 5:13am, updated Fri 11 Feb 2022 at 8:29am When Karen McKenzie received an unexpected letter from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) in August, she had to read it…
Details‘And You Think You’re the Expert?’ Podcast and Booklet Launch: WWILD has launched the ‘And You Think You’re the Expert?’ podcast and booklet. Over the last two years, we have been working alongside peer workers and consulting with women who have an intellectual disability about what makes safe, accessible services for women who have an…
DetailsWomen make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients Published by The Conversation. February 2, 2022 6.13am AEDT Authors Sophie Yates Research Fellow, UNSW Eleanor Malbon Research Fellow, UNSW Gemma Carey Associate Professor, UNSW Jen Hargrave The University of Melbourne Extract… Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides individualised funding…
DetailsVIDEO: Advocates call for more accessible rapid antigen testing Advocates say inaccessible at-home testing is discriminatory and are calling for immediate changes. Nas Campanella reports. Posted Thu 27 Jan 2022 at 6:54pm To watch the video click on this link – Advocates call for more accessible rapid antigen testing – ABC News
DetailsMorrison Government accused of ignoring people with disability in Omicron wave On RN Breakfast with Patricia Karvelas To listen to the story, click on link below… Download Morrison Government accused of ignoring people with disability in Omicron wave (7.49 MB) Download 7.49 MB A peak disability body warns some people are being forced to ration how…
DetailsFamily, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19 Published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; 16 DEC 2021 and made available by the Australian Analysis Observatory (APO) Since early 2020, there has been growing concern about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family, domestic and sexual violence…
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