The current bushfire disasters will have a significant and ongoing impact upon the mental health of the families and friends of those who have lost property or loved ones, who no longer have a home, and the local communities where businesses, livestock, wildlife and...
The National Disability Insurance Agency has overseen a three-fold spending increase on external contractors, recruiters and lawyers as it copes with a flood of new participants in the $22bn disability scheme. To combat a “dramatic surge” in the number of National...
Many of our members will have met or been assisted by Melissa Noonan the CEO of Limbs 4 Life, the national body representing Amputees. Melissa’s contribution and significant service to people with a disability. Melissa was awarded the: MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL...
The Qantas Carer Concession Card is issued to people with significant support requirements who through a physical, sensory, intellectual, cognitive or psycho-social disability are unable to travel on the aircraft without the full-time assistance of a carer A person is...
Disability and LGBTIQ advocate Jax Jacki Brown’s journey to find love has been rewarding, but not always easy. She writes about the barriers people with disability face when exploring their sexuality, and the importance of strength-based sex education. If you talk...
Justice Helen Wood ruled the Tasmanian Government had made a legal error in granting powers to the public guardian to stop [J] from returning to his boat. The board had wrongly found that he had a disability and was unable to make reasonable judgments about his...
