Disability
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Five bucks an hour may solve crisis in disability care AAP - 11-02-2025
Disability workers are leaving in droves, with advocates calling for a $5 an hour pay rise to reverse a major workforce crisis. Australia already has a disability
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Disability reforms 'need leadership, action' AAP - 30-01-2025
Reforms to improve the lives of disabled people experiencing homelessness need political leadership and action, advocates say, with the vulnerable group targeted in a new
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Disability services reforms target homelessness AAP - 29-01-2025
Australians with disabilities experiencing homelessness will be prioritised as the government commits to disability reforms, months after a scathing royal commission into
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Swimming changing lives for those with cerebral palsy AAP - 24-11-2024
Professor Sean Tweedy used to be a classifier for international paralympic sport. It was his job to determine how an athlete's disability affected their
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Irabina Autism Services sued over child restraints AAP - 01-11-2024
An NDIS autism support service company, that used prohibited restraints on children with disabilities, is being taken to court. Melbourne's Iribina Autism
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Harsher penalties for NDIS providers who fail patients AAP - 28-10-2024
NDIS providers who allow participants to be harmed under their watch will face fines of more than $15 million as the government continues its mission to weed dodgy operators
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Disability service accused of reporting failures AAP - 02-05-2024
Australia's disability insurance scheme regulator has taken legal action against a provider for allegedly failing to report more than 600 incidents, including sexual misconduct,
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Millions in job support set for people with disability AAP - 23-04-2024
Australians living with disability who want to work, but have support needs, will benefit from millions in funding as the government attempts to bolster employment options.
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Remote communities need thousands more disability support workers by 2025 Nicole Madigan - 12-12-2023
The NDIS Review has identified that despite the right intentions, the NDIS isn’t working as originally intended, according to Jane Morrell, founder and CEO of Carer
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Disabling impact of juvenile arthritis revealed AAP - 29-11-2023
Juvenile arthritis is a lot more than just joint pain, 15-year-old Laura McNeil explains. "Every joint in my body aches and every muscle," she told
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Millions committed for intellectual disability support AAP - 13-10-2023
Australians living with intellectual disabilities will benefit from improved support, health services and groundbreaking research as part of the government's plan to bolster
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Disability inquiry outlines the pathway for change AAP - 29-09-2023
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DISABILITY ROYAL COMMISSION: * A Disability Rights Act set up by the federal government[subscribe] * The act would give
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Why NDIS physios must work with other therapists Nicole Madigan - 05-05-2023
NDIS participants who require physiotherapy, should have access to the service in conjunction with a holistic allied health plan, to achieve both short and long term goals,
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Disability provider backs NDIS cap to protect services AAP - 02-05-2023
Vulnerable Australians are trying to balance their need for government-funding services while supporting moves to keep the NDIS financially stable to ensure future access.
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Disability service provider 'put revenue over safety' AAP - 21-03-2023
A nationwide disability service provider has been chastised for prioritising revenue over the health and safety of people in its care. The Australian Foundation
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Review ordered into cochlear implant issues for SA kids AAP - 20-03-2023
An independent review has been ordered into the incorrect programming of cochlear ear implants for as many as 30 children in South Australia which left them unable to hear
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Assaults against people with disabilities underreported AAP - 14-03-2023
People living with disabilities often face sexual abuse, assault and discrimination, which creates barriers to vital support access, a federal inquiry has been told.
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Taxi company charged over deaths of wheelchair users AAP - 20-02-2023
A taxi company has been charged over the deaths of two passengers whose wheelchairs tipped backwards during separate incidents in northern Victoria. Echuca-Moama
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Employing clients can fix disability care, hearing told AAP - 14-02-2023
Placing Australians living with disability in positions of influence over service delivery can address sustained and invisible forms of negligence, a Royal Commission has
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Disabled visa children granted health support in SA AAP - 09-02-2023
Children with a disability born in Australia to parents on temporary visas will get access to help in South Australia under an $11 million program. The funding,

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