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Category Archives: Qld
Disabled wait list grows by hundreds
Date: 25/05/2012 Source: The Courier Mail Reporter: Koren Helbig Article Link: http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/disabled-wait-list-grows-by-hundreds/story-fn6ck45n-1226366113793 Synopsis: More than 3300 Queenslanders with a disability are languishing on wait lists as the state battles to find cash to support its most disadvantaged. Since a new … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Disability, Individualised Funding, NDIS, Qld, Support
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Protecting our most vulnerable is a social duty
Date: 21 May 2012 Source: Courier Mail, pg 20, Editorial Article Link: http://aap.newscentre.com.au/cpsunat/120521/library/private_&_public_partnerships/28573227.html Synopsis: About 800,000 Queenslanders endure some form of disability. Of these, more than 150,000 have a severe impairment affecting mobility, communication and, of course, the ability to … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Disability, Federal, NDIS, Qld
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Call to match disability funding to needs
Date: 21 May 2012 Source: Courier Mail, pg 8 Reporter: Brittany Vonow Article Link: http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/call-to-match-disability-funds-to-need/story-fn6ck45n-1226361595885 Synopsis: Jane Hopkins, who has an intellectual disability, has had a fulltime job with the Endeavour Foundation since 2008. Ruth Hopkins, Jane’s mother said while … Continue reading
Posted in NDIS, Budget, Intellectual disability, Federal, Qld, Disability, Support
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Funds showdown looms
Date: 18 May 2012 Source: Courier Mail, pg 11 Reporter: Anna Caldwell Article Link: http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/disability-funds-showdown-looms/story-fn6ck45n-1226359318358 Synopsis: Following Premier Campbell Newman’s repeated rejections of calls to fund Queensland’s share of a National Disability Insurance Scheme, Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan and … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Disability, Federal, NDIS, Qld
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Disability levy raises hackles
Date: 15/05/12 Authors: Anna Caldwell and Steven Wardill Source: The Courier Mail, p. 4 Synopsis: Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has rejected calls for a levy to fund disability reform, despite refusing Federal Government requests to help pay for the scheme. … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Disability, Federal, NDIS, Qld
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Disability levy raises hackles
Date: 15/05/12 Authors: Anna Caldwell and Steven Wardill Source: The Courier Mail, p. 4 Synopsis: Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has rejected calls for a levy to fund disability reform, despite refusing Federal Government requests to help pay for the scheme. … Continue reading
Posted in NDIS, Budget, Federal, Qld, Disability
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Exhibition a creative outlet for ill artists
Date: 14/05/12 Authors: Harry Brumpton Source: The Courier Mail, p. 32 Synopsis: About 140 local artists have their work hanging at the Mental Illness Fellowship of Queensland’s 21st annual art exhibition at King George Square to celebrate Schizophrenia Awareness Week. … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health, Qld
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Disabled miss out as state lags in spending
Date: 14/05/12 Author: Anna Caldwell Source: The Courier Mail, p. 14 Synopsis: Queenslanders may get a rougher deal than people elsewhere in Australia, as the state prepares to hold off implementing a national disability insurance scheme. Despite urging from the … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Disability, Federal, NDIS, Qld
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NDIS funding falls short
Date: 11/05/12 Author: Anna Caldwell Source: The Courier Mail, p. 6 Synopsis: After the Gillard Government promised $1 billion over four years to fund four trial sites for a lifetime care plan for people with disability, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Disability, Federal, Health, Law reform, NDIS, Pay and benefits, Qld, Support
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Stop the violence; Teachers demand end to fear
Date: 11/05/12 Authors: Tanya Chilcott and Andrew MacDonald Source: The Courier Mail, pp. 1-2 Synopsis: Teachers and principals have stepped up calls for help to deal with rising child mental health and behavioural issues as student violence continues to cause … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health, Autism, Youth, Qld, Disability, Early intervention, Education, Support
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