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Survey finds employees enjoy supported employment

Danielle Kutchel, Wednesday, 25th January 2023 -  Advocates warn any reform of supported employment should include the voices of those who work there. Removing supported employment in its current form “would override the career…

Feedback sought on DES discussion paper

News Team, Tuesday, 20th December 2022 -  The discussion paper aims to centre those with lived experience. The Disability Employment Services (DES) Quality Framework discussion paper is open for public consultation.…

New trial to link NDIS to DES providers

Danielle Kutchel, Wednesday, 2nd November 2022 -  Minister says the trial will help disabled people into work, but the announcement has been met with scepticism by people with disability. A trial linking NDIS participants with Disability…

Include us in employment conversation, say disability social enterprises

Danielle Kutchel, Monday, 10th October 2022 -  Social enterprises that employ people with disability are asking to be included in discussions about Australia’s workforce crisis. A coalition of Australian social enterprises…

Disability community demands inclusive plan for COVID future

Danielle Kutchel, Wednesday, 13th July 2022 -  Advocates are calling on the government to stop leaving people with disability behind and create a safer, more secure future for them in a COVID world. The COVID-19 pandemic is not …

How Hireup’s way of grantmaking is breaking the status quo

Contributor, Thursday, 9th June 2022 -  Hireup Impact Grants are open to individuals, project groups, community groups and organisations who want to enable the pursuit of a good life for people with disability.  At Hireup,…

Contacting local candidates about inequality, ensuring votes for people with disability, and NT budget fails sector

Contributor, Monday, 16th May 2022 -  All the latest news from the Councils of Social Service of Australia.

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The ACOSS network represents and is connected to thousands of community agencies, who employ countless…

Raising concerns can help improve disability services for everyone

Contributor, Thursday, 28th April 2022 -  The Victorian Disability Worker Commission has launched a new campaign encouraging people to make contact, if there are concerns about a disability worker’s behaviour or quality…

Equal pay, equal respect: It’s time to end discriminatory wages

Catherine McAlpine, Monday, 11th April 2022 -  Right now, across Australia over 20,000 people with disability – most with an intellectual disability – are working in jobs for as little as $2.50 per hour. We want that to change, now,…

Disability sector demands inclusive disaster preparedness

Jonathan Alley, Wednesday, 6th April 2022 -  A pre-election open letter from disability rights and advocacy organisations is calling for stronger resources for disaster-affected people living with disability.  A coalition…

What we know about the NDIS cuts, and what they’ll mean for people with disability and their families

Contributor, Monday, 28th March 2022 -  Cutting individual plans for people living with disability is not the answer to making the NDIS sustainable, argue Helen Dickinson and Anne Kavanagh. The latest National Disability…

Emerging disability housing market meeting appetite for impact investment at scale

Di Winkler, Monday, 14th December 2020 -  Dr Di Winkler and Dr Peter Mulherin explain the Specialist Disability Accommodation market and why disability housing is well placed to leverage the private capital available through…

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