Luke Michael, Monday, 21st December 2020 - As a turbulent-filled year comes to a close, Luke Michael reflects on the sector-defining moments of 2020. What a year 2020 has been. No one could have predicted how much the year …
Rachel Siewert, Monday, 7th December 2020 - The Productivity Commission report into mental health showed the punitive nature of the income support system is adversely impacting people’s mental health. Given the issue…
Luke Michael, Wednesday, 10th June 2020 - More than 90 per cent of people with disability have seen their expenses increasePeople with disability are facing financial hardship and going days without food during the COVID-19…
Luke Michael, Tuesday, 24th March 2020 - Advocates say people with disability need extra support to get through the COVID-19 pandemicThe Morrison government is being urged to extend its coronavirus supplement to the Disability…
Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 18th September 2019 - Two in five Indigenous households relying on the Disability Support Pension ran out of money for basic items such as food and fuel in the last year, new research shows, prompting calls…
Luke Michael, Thursday, 18th July 2019 - “It was an acutely frustrating and chronically demoralising process,” she says.When Brianna Bell turned up at Centrelink with her wheelchair, assistance dog and carer, …
Luke Michael, Monday, 29th April 2019 - Australia’s rental affordability crisis is only getting worse, with new research revealing the number of affordable homes for people on welfare is dwindling.Anglicare’s annual…
Luke Michael, Monday, 15th April 2019 - Greens Senator Rachel Siewert says protecting charitable advocacy and ensuring community organisations are properly funded will be her party’s major priorities in Australia’s…
Luke Michael, Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 - Disability groups have welcomed the federal government’s $528 million pledge for the disability royal commission but say a multi-billion dollar underspend of National Disability…
Luke Michael, Friday, 22nd February 2019 - Recent research shows the majority of Disability Support Pension appeals end with the applicant being awarded the payment
Disability advocates are deeply concerned by an almost…
Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 20th December 2018 - A campaign to reverse the federal government’s reduction to the suspension time of the Disability Support Pension for people in prison has been successful, keeping it at two years…
Luke Michael, Friday, 26th October 2018 - The federal government is ditching controversial plans to review the eligibility of 90,000 people on the Disability Support Pension after only a tiny fraction of recipients were…
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