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Issues / New Victorian laws for guardianship
The Victorian Government passes Guardianship and Administration Act 2019, giving force to the UN Convention on Rights of People with […]
News / ABIWise – a new cool app for people with Acquired Brain Injury
Brain Injury Matters have put together a great ABI app with lots of useful information, links and stories. Made by […]
Issues / NDIS decisions are putting pressure on guardianship bodies.
The NDIS is designed around the philosophy that people with disabilities and those closest to them, are best placed to […]
Issues / Another NDIS transport decision – but wait, there’s more!
This week an Administrative Appeals Tribunal decision has been released which potentially reshapes what NDIS decisions can be taken to […]
Case Studies / A bed is not a home – a house for Peter and Lisa
Peter could get Specialist Disability Accommodation, but only if he lived by himself. Peter had a spinal stroke a year […]
Issues / NDIS – inching closer to market readiness
A parliamentary inquiry has found that neither the NDIA, disability service providers, the disability workforce nor participants are ready for […]
Issues / Who can handle dealing with the NDIS?
Jean was in tears. “I feel like I’m only just coping, just keeping my head above water” She’d cracked the night […]
Case Studies / Sean is still waiting for a home
At 55, Sean is the youngest person in the aged care home where he has had to live since he […]
Blogs / Robodebt and vulnerable people with disability: humanity needs humans
Centrelink is trialling robodebt recovery on its most vulnerable clients. Centrelink deals in big numbers, paying out more than $150 […]
Issues / AAT urges minister to fix NDIA decisions – an “entirely unsatisfactory state of affairs”
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal is hearing many appeals by NDIS participants against decisions made by the NDIA, and many are […]