Category Archives: Vic

Disability help a win for us all

Posted on 27 March 2012 by

Date:  10.03.2012 Source: The Australian Reporter: Mike Steketee Article Link: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/disability-help-a-win-for-us-all/story-e6frg7ax-1226295315787 Synopsis:   Kim Jago who has been working for the Victorian Department of Justice for almost 19 years, suffers from a degenerative muscle disease called spinal muscular atrophy. She needs … Continue reading →

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Disability plan stalls over cost demands

Posted on 27 February 2012 by

Date: 13/02/2012 Reporter: Stephen Lunn & Sue O’Reilly Source: The Australian, p 5 Synopsis:  Progress towards a no-fault national disability insurance scheme has stalled amid a standoff between the Gillard government and two state Coalition governments over whether start-up funding … Continue reading →

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Signs of times as theatre heeds deaf

Posted on 8 February 2012 by

Date: 30/01/2012 Reporter: Bridget Cormack Source: The Australian Synopsis:  Luke Watts, who is hearing-impaired, will be the first member of the deaf community to play a leading role for the Melbourne Theatre Company in the play Tribes which opens this … Continue reading →

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New laws to ban shocks on children

Posted on 2 August 2011 by

Date: 31/07/2011 Reporter: Jill Stark Source: Sunday Age, p. 3 Synopsis: New Mental Health legislation has been drafted in Victoria which would make the use of electric shock therapy on children 12 years and younger illegal. This therapy may still … Continue reading →

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Mental Services Top $88 million package

Posted on 6 May 2011 by

Date: 06/05/2011 Reporter: Stephen Lunn Source: The Australian, p. 6 Synopsis: Victorian Treasurer Kim Wells called attention to the “longstanding neglect” of mental health services in releasing the State Budget this week. The health sector budget, which totalled $88 million, … Continue reading →

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