Category Archives: Carers

Appeal court’s landmark disability decision

Posted on 30 May 2012 by

Date: 14/05/12 Authors: Stacey Kirk and Danya Levy Source: Stuff.co.nz Website Article Link:  http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/6917209/Appeal-courts-landmark-disability-decision Synopsis: A landmark court decision has confirmed parents of disabled children are being unreasonably discriminated against by not being allowed to be paid carers. The Ministry … Continue reading →

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Case Study – Disability : Mother’s prayer for a helping hand

Posted on 30 May 2012 by

Date: 09/05/12 Author: Stephen Lunn Source: The Australian, p. 4 Synopsis:    Gloria Bearne, one of hundreds of thousands of Australians desperate for a National Disability Insurance Scheme, lies awake most nights worrying about what will happen to her son if … Continue reading →

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State’s disabled students still stranded

Posted on 8 February 2012 by

Date: 08/02/2012 Source:  The Australian, p. 4 Synopsis: More than 700 disabled students throughout Sydney were left stranded in the first week of the school year following a failure by the NSW government to finalise contracts in accordance with the … Continue reading →

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New disability housing project gets underway in Cairns

Posted on 16 January 2012 by

Date: 22/12/2011 Source: Media release from the Honourable Curtis Pitt, Minister for Disability Services, Mental Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Synopsis: Construction has commenced on a new housing project south of Cairns which will give three people … Continue reading →

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Mood pills replace care for elderly

Posted on 20 December 2011 by

Date: 12/12/2011 Reporter: Daniel Knowles Source: The Australia, p 13 Synopsis: A University of Queensland (UQ) psychiatric expert warns that elderly dementia patients are being over-prescribed mind-altering drugs due to lack of carers. Associate Professor Gerard Byrne, head of psychiatry … Continue reading →

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Australia fails on needs of disabled

Posted on 12 December 2011 by

Date: 30/11/2011 Reporter: Stephen Lunn Source: The Australian, p 3 Synopsis: The disabled are more likely to be living in poverty in Australia than any other developed country, and the nation ranks in the bottom third of OECD nations in … Continue reading →

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Let’s open our minds, our hearts and wallets

Posted on 26 September 2011 by

Date: 19/08/2011 Reporter: Jessica Irvine Source: Sydney Morning Herald, http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/lets-open-our-minds-our-hearts-and-wallets-20110818-1j011.html Synopsis: The Productivity Commission has recently revealed the inadequacy of support provided to disabled individuals in Australia, with numerous submissions made to the Commission expressing the disarray of the current … Continue reading →

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Media release – Annual supplement to better support carers

Posted on 4 July 2011 by

Date: 01/07/2011 Source: http://www.janmclucas.fahcsia.gov.au/mediareleases/2011/pages/annual_supplement_better_support_01072011.aspx Author: Senator the Hon Jan McLucas, Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Synopsis: Recipients of Carer Allowance will receive the $600 supplement for each person they care for. Also from today, about 136,000 carers who … Continue reading →

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