Category: Issues
Issues affecting people with disability, some we’re advocating about, some we’re commenting on, some we just want to let the world know about
Blogs / Submission to Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation of People with Disability
The Leadership Plus submission to the Disability Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is […]
Blogs / Tell your story to the Disability Royal Commission
Do you have a story to tell The Disability Royal Commission? Lots of small stories add up to one big […]
Blogs / NDIS Participants deserve better quality decisions from the scheme
NDIS internal and external appeals processes need to be more accessible, equitable and transparent The processes in the National Disability […]
Issues / People with disability need access to COVID Vaccine
Leadership Plus is part of a coalition of more than 60 disability orgs which is calling on all Australian governments […]
Blogs / The Administrative Appeals Tribunal affirms less than 2% of the NDIS decisions appealed by participants.
Only a tiny proportion of appeals that people with disability bring to the AAT are actually heard by the […]
Case Studies / Gabrielle gets the NDIA run-around
The NDIA gave Gabrielle the wrong advice and then didn’t fix it. And they kept on not fixing it. Gabrielle […]
Issues / COAG tackles NDIS health handball
COAG Disability Reform Council has brought common sense to funding some essential health related disability supports. Funding necessary health related […]
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 […]
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 […]