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Religious Discrimination Bill to further discriminate People With Disability
Disability Sector representative organisations have come together to voice their concerns on the Religious Discrimination Act.

Jonathan Shar
Feb 7, 20222 min read
Disability RATs overdue, surge workforce, retention pay urgently needed: CPSU NSW
Rapid antigen tests for disability workers in NSW’s group homes are welcome but overdue, with the Community and Public Service Union of NSW

Jonathan Shar
Feb 7, 20222 min read


Top Honour for Nola – Champion for People with Disability
Mrs Nola Buck, Ability Options life member and long-serving Board Director has been awarded the prestigious Medal of the Order of Australia.

Jonathan Shar
Jan 27, 20223 min read


ACOSS calls on National Cabinet to urgently address crippling Omicron inequities
National Cabinet must find new ways to address the reality that those with the least are being hit hardest by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Australian Council of Social Services
Jan 27, 20223 min read


Disability Sector Slams National Cabinet's Omicron Response
Australia’s peak disability representative organisations have written to National Cabinet to detail the unacceptable risks to the lives...

People with Disability Australia
Jan 25, 20222 min read


Telstra Health has been selected to deliver 1800RESPECT and DVConnect with people with disabilities
We have a shared commitment to deliver on initiatives to guarantee a dedicated team of specialist practitioners available 24/7 for...

Jonathan Shar
Jan 24, 20223 min read


Disability Advocates Urge Disability Royal Commission To Hold Emergency Hearing Into Omicron Crisis
The board of Australia’s peak disability rights and advocacy organisation is calling on the Disability Royal Commission (DRC)...

Jonathan Shar
Jan 20, 20223 min read


Oksana Masters claims 10th world title days after recovering from COVID
Oksana Masters could have easily missed the Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships after testing positive for COVID-19 on NYE

Jonathan Shar
Jan 20, 20223 min read


Making the Australian Open more accessible to all tennis fans
Yarra Trams will scale up its partnership with Traveller’s Aid Australia and work with Tennis Australia to support passengers travelling by

Jonathan Shar
Jan 18, 20226 min read


Lillehammer 2021: Lisa Bunschoten trails, falls, recovers and wins third straight Para snowboard wor
Lisa Bunschoten of the Netherlands won her third straight world title as the Para snowboard action kicked off with the history-making dual b

Jonathan Shar
Jan 17, 20223 min read


Salcher regains downhill gold and Pedersen wins first alpine skiing world title on home snow
Austria’s Markus Salcher regained his downhill crown on the opening day of Para alpine racing at the Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sport

Jonathan Shar
Jan 17, 20224 min read


Omicron Staffing Crunch Putting Lives Of People With Disability At Risk
Disability advocates say the lives and health of people with disability are at risk because of the severe strain that the Omicron variant of

People with Disability Australia
Jan 13, 20223 min read


‘People Will Die;’ People With Disability Lead Push For Free Rapid COVID Tests
Peak advocacy organisation People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has called for the nation’s governments to deliver free rapid antigen te

People with Disability Australia
Jan 4, 20222 min read


Dementia Australia welcomes the launch of the first National Memory and Cognition Clinic Guidelines
Dementia peak body congratulates researchers from the Australian Dementia Network (ADNeT) on the release of the first Memory and Cognition

Jonathan Shar
Dec 21, 20212 min read


Paralympic Order awarded to four trailblazers of the Paralympic Movement
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Paralympic Order, the highest accolade anyone connected with the Paralym

Jonathan Shar
Dec 13, 20216 min read
iMOVE CRC report makes recommendations to improve accessibility of driverless vehicles
A new iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre/La Trobe University report has recommended urgent changes to disability transport standards...

Australian Disability
Dec 9, 20214 min read


New Domestic Violence Resources Launched For People With Disability
Helping women and children with disabilities access domestic and family violence services and information about dealing with sexual assault

Jonathan Shar
Dec 7, 20212 min read


New Australian Disability Strategy Welcomed By Leading Disability Representative Organisations
Australia’s peak disability representative organisations have lent their support to the new Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021 – 2031 (th

Jonathan Shar
Dec 3, 20214 min read


Royal Commission final report on COVID-19 vaccine roll-out for people with disability tabled
The Final Commissioners’ Report of Public hearing 12: The experiences of people with disability, in the context of the Australian...

Jonathan Shar
Oct 29, 20212 min read


Australians with a Disability Harmed and Neglected by Centrelink
The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) today released a comprehensive report on the harm caused to individuals with d

Jonathan Shar
Oct 14, 20212 min read
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