Category Archives: Location

Schools failing students with disabilities, teachers need more training: Senate committee finds

Posted on 21 January 2016 by qaiblog

Date:        15/01/2016 Author:   Louise Milligan and Daryl Holland Source:   ABC News Synopsis:  A Senate committee has released a scathing report on the state of school education for children with disabilities. The cross-party Education and Employment … Continue reading →

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NDIS failing to house people with a disability

Posted on 28 August 2015 by qaiblog

Date:             27/08/2015 Reporter:   Nance Haxton Source:       ABC News Synopsis: Concerns are rising that the National Disability Scheme (NDIS) has overlooked the importance of housing in its service provision. Advocates say the … Continue reading →

Posted in Accommodation, Advocate, Budget, Carers, Disability, Families, Federal, Housing, Independent Living, Individualised Funding, NDIS, People with Disability, Rural, regional, remote, Support | Leave a comment

Teenager Josh Reeves is so fed up with attitudes to disability, he’s launched his own one-man campaign

Posted on 30 July 2015 by qaiblog

Date:           25/07/2015 Author:       Sandra Loy Source:       Wales Online Synopsis:     A Welsh teenager is so fed up with people’s attitude toward disability that he           … Continue reading →

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Mental-health welfare cuts ‘discriminatory’

Posted on 21 May 2015 by qaiblog

Date:              21/05/2015 Source:         The Australian Synopsis:      A plan to strip welfare payments from certain mental health ­patients has sparked outrage among state governments, health groups and legal advocates, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Criminal law, Detention, Disability, Disability Support Pension, Discrimination, Federal, Forensic Order, Human rights, Mental health, Pay and benefits, Stigmatisation, Support, Unsoundness of mind | Leave a comment

Mental health review head says changes up to a decade overdue

Posted on 16 April 2015 by qaiblog

Date:              15/04/2015 Author:        Dan Conifer and Stephanie Smail Source:        ABC News Synopsis: The head of a review into Australia’s mental health sector has warned the system will struggle without change and a major funding overhaul. Article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-15/head-of-mental-health-review-says-changes-up-to-a-decade-overdue/6394292    

Posted in Budget, Disability, Federal, Health, Human rights, Involuntary Treatment Order, Mental health, Mental Health Reform, Support | Leave a comment

Petition: Support a Bill of Rights for Queensland.

Posted on 16 April 2015 by qaiblog

Date: 16/04/2015 Source: change.org Petition: We all have rights. Rights that are worth protecting, enhancing and empowering through a bill of rights for Queensland. Queenslanders have seen first hand what happens when a government uses its majority to attack the … Continue reading →

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Calls for national disability safeguards

Posted on 16 April 2015 by qaiblog

Date:            14/04/2015 Source:       Sky News Synopsis: A national system of safeguards is needed to stop the ‘endemic’ violence against people with disabilities, the former disability discrimination commissioner says.Graeme Innes said the current level of pre-employment screening and training in state … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Accommodation, Adult guardian, Advocate, Disability, Families, Federal, Housing, Human rights, Inquiry, People with Disability, Support | Leave a comment

Sussan Ley wants states and territories to collaborate on mental health reform

Posted on 16 April 2015 by qaiblog

Date:         16/04/2015 Source:     The Guardian Synopsis: The health minister, Sussan Ley, will press for a coordinated national approach to mental health in what she describes as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity for serious reform”. Ley released the findings of a review of … Continue reading →

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‘Harrowing stories’ to come out of inquiry into disability abuse: Greens

Posted on 10 April 2015 by qaiblog

Date:              10/04/2015 Author:         Brendan Foster  Source:        WA News Synopsis: Victims of alleged abuse in care are expected to give “harrowing” evidence at an the inquiry into the abuse of disabled people in institutions and homes in Australia, set to start … Continue reading →

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Disability abuse victims ‘have nowhere to go’

Posted on 10 April 2015 by qaiblog

Date:             10/04/2015 Reporter:    Rick Morton Source:        The Australian Synopsis: A 13-year-old girl with an intellectual disability was raped on a school bus and segregated from her class by her principal after she reported the incident, a Senate inquiry into abuse … Continue reading →

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