Disability
NDIS recipients, advocates optimistic about proposed changes amid issues with employment and casualisation
Last Thursday Federal Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Stuart Robert announced that the federal government had outlined plans......
New Government Plan To Address Current and Future NDIS Challenges
The Morrison Government has put forward a plan, to be implemented over the next twelve to twenty-four months, which has......
Disability advocates disappointed over mismanaged processes with the Disability Royal Commission
This week the first round of public hearings for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People......
Government Urged to Get All Young People Out of Aged Care by 2025
In the wake of the Royal Commission’s scathing interim report into the aged care sector, disability advocates are calling on......
‘Deafinition’ explores a world without sound
Paul Vagnarelli was born profoundly deaf. In the film Deafinition, part of the inaugural SBS Short Film Festival, he takes......
Artist Showcases her ‘Wheelchair Art’ in film
Kirsty Martinsen is an artist who was studying in New York at the time of the 9/11 attack. Shortly afterwards,......
Arts not as diverse as you think
A report from Diversity Arts Australia has revealed a surprising trend in cultural representation in Australian visual and performing art.......
Entrepreneurship on the Rise for Young Adults with Disabilities
Clay Lewis is a young adult on the Autism Spectrum and an accomplished entrepreneur. Clay has received worldwide media attention......
NDIS funding lock out
Last month the Administrative Appeals Tribunal conclusively ruled that a young man, who has cerebral palsy and severe dysphagia could......
Joint taskforce uncovers $1.1 million NDIS fraud scam
This morning Australian Federal Police officers arrested and charged five people for allegedly swindling and defrauding $1.1 million from the......