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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


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


Emyria announce positive animal study data received for Emyria's novel: ultra-pure CBD capsule
Emyria has received positive preliminary results from a pre-clinical head-to-head animal study comparison of Emyria’s proprietary,...

Jonathan Shar
Dec 21, 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


With COVID Set To Run Free In NSW, Many People With Disability Face A Future Of Fear
Disability advocates hold grave concerns that sluggish efforts to vaccinate people with disabilities in NSW will mean many disabled people

Jonathan Shar
Oct 11, 20213 min read


URGENT: We need more time to end the violence and abuse of people with disability in Australia
Disability advocacy organisations are supporting the calls for a 17-month extension to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse Neglect...

Jonathan Shar
Apr 19, 20212 min read


New report shows mental health deteriorates in isolation, but in-community support and resilience
New report shows mental health deteriorates in isolation, but in-community support and resilience helps to cope

Jonathan Shar
Apr 6, 20212 min read


Disability Representation in Film; how it can go wrong
With the release of Penguin Bloom, I had been thinking about the representation of people with a disability in cinema...

Jonathan Shar
Feb 22, 20212 min read


Australian first college for young adults with disabilities and autism has its 2021 Graduation
On Friday, the first of its kind College, STEPS Pathways College, celebrated the graduation of another group of their students.

Jonathan Shar
Feb 22, 20212 min read


The IPC seek 2021 General Assembly host
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed that its next General Assembly will take place in December 2021.

Jonathan Shar
Nov 7, 20202 min read


MS GONG RIDE VIRTUAL EVENT 2020 – THIS YEAR IT’S PERSONAL | Paralympic athlete Ameera Lee’s story
The national MS Gong Ride goes virtual for the first time in 2020 with thousands of riders raising funds for people living with MS.

Jonathan Shar
Sep 29, 20203 min read


FightMND Grant Awards Further Work Into ALS, Other Motor Neuron Diseases
Three grants given researchers at two centres in Australia will advance work into ways of preserving nerve cells in people with ALS

Jonathan Shar
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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