Australian disability support worker denounces big-business attacks on “sleepover” rates and other hard-won rights
Last month, Des Johnson (not his real name), a disability support worker from South Australia, contacted the World Socialist ...
More than half a million workers earn income from NDIS, Shorten says in parting shot at critics
Bill Shorten has hailed the NDIS jobs boom as an achievement as big as Medicare. But economists say it might be a drain on ...
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Outgoing NDIS minister Bill Shorten highlights scheme’s workforce boom
More than 500,000 Australians are projected to earn an income through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) by the ...
Australia: Labor government’s NDIS overhaul excluding thousands of children from disability support
Labor plans to slash $60 billion from disability funding over the next decade, imposing stricter eligibility criteria and ...
Australia has a new autism strategy but questions remain for those who don’t get NDIS support
But many children with level one autism will not receive individual NDIS support packages. The NDIS review plans to fill this ...
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Children with disability are unseen victims of, and weaponised in, family violence cases
Family and domestic violence against people with disability can be broader than intimate partner abuse. Perpetrators can be someone's parent, sibling, support worker or carer. Mija Gwyn ...
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Disability advocates say NDIS reforms were developed without consultation
El Gibbs is the Deputy CEO for the Disability Advocacy Network Australia ... what that division of support will look like is still to be worked out. Disability worker and advocate River Night ...
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icare and Paralympian Scott Reardon unite to inspire safer, more inclusive workplaces
icare has teamed up with Paralympic gold medallist Scott Reardon to encourage greater awareness of workplace safety, ...
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More than half a million workers earn income from NDIS, Shorten says in parting shot at critics
Disability support workers and allied health professionals ... He said this was underpinning Australia’s high workforce participation rate, particularly among women. These families, Shorten ...