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Published 19th September 2019
Melbourne airport has recently implemented the Hidden Disability Program for its international terminal to assist travellers requiring special assista...
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The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has announced that previous advice about NDIS participant funding, that included a 7.5 per cent loadin...
Read more about "NDIS participant funding decision rejected by peak body"
Carers Queensland is helping people with disabilities safely navigate all the Gold Coast has to offer. The initiative, part of Disability Action Week ...
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People with disability are the best kind of volunteer an organisation can have and need to be better embraced by the not-for-profit community, sector ...
Read more about "Why volunteers with disability are an “untapped resource” for the NFP sector"
The aged care system needs a radical redesign based on the consumer experience and unrestrictedby departmental boundaries, jurisdictions or sources of...
Read more about "Aged care providers call for ‘systemic reform rather than tinkering around the edges’"
In the November-December edition ofAustralian Ageing Agendamagazine we are examining new and emerging design, construction and interior features in re...
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Published 18th September 2019
HMinfo is seeking volunteer research participants to be a part of our national study. You are invited as youre part of our supporting NGO partner data...
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Published 17th September 2019
The changes to the way service providers are funded under the National Disability Insurance Scheme is not only forcing change on how NFPs deliver thei...
Read more about "Why agility is the key for NDIS’ shifting goal posts"
Our aged care system has served Australia relatively well up until this point. However, it is clear that the system as a whole needs to change. Heres ...
Read more about "Has Australia entered the Aged Care 2.0 era?"
A deal between stakeholders about service and funding expectations, aged care treated as a necessary part of ageing and a non-political approach to ac...
Read more about "Leaders propose strategies to improve sector viability"
Aged care reforms and urgent action to improve the sectors viability must go ahead now despite the six-month extension of the royal commission, stakeh...
Read more about "Calls to push on with reform as aged care royal commission extended"
Published 12th September 2019
The South Australian government is seeking input from the community on what they believe is important to making playground and play spaces more access...
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Austroads has released a discussion paper to investigate the future of national regulation for motorised mobility devices (MMD). Following Standards ...
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he COAG Australian Data and Digital Council, chaired for the first time by Minister for Government Services Stuart Robert, has agreed to establish a N...
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Applications are now open to share in $62 million worth of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (IL...
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Published 10th September 2019
More funding for people with disability has been announced. The Individual Capacity Building grants will fund activities to the tune of $100 million o...
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People with disability are four times more likely to experience high psychological distress than other Australians, according to new research. The Au...
Read more about "Report finds people with disability ‘aren’t getting a fair go’"
Four in five providers are struggling to deliver the care clients expect and many say they will have to reduce services, staff and investment if finan...
Read more about "Provider CEO survey highlights impact of financial pressures"
Like all Australians, people with disability want a high quality of life. To achieve this, they seek access to, and pursue outcomes across, all areas ...
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Published 5th September 2019
National Seniors Australia says more needs to be done to increase awareness of elder abuse, including financial and psychological abuse. Chief Advoca...
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Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Stuart Robert has opened the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) Victorian ...
Read more about "Minister opens NDIS Commission Office in Victoria"
The NCC is given legal effect through State & Territory Building Control and Plumbing legislation from 1 May, 2019. Be the first to receive a hardcopy...
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