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NFP Grant Applications ‘Flood’

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 22nd July 2014 - Grant applications in the tens of thousands are expected to flood the Federal Department of Social Services as its new $800 million grants program applications close in the next 24…

Online Disability Hub Launches

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 22nd July 2014 - Disability support organisation Lifestart has unveiled a collaborative online support platform called Online Inclusion (Oi) to provide a national information hub on disability.…

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The Crux of Change

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 15th July 2014 - The aged, disability and home care sector is facing a new world in consumer directed care and a more corporate business model with many organisations well on track to adjust to the changes…

Young Disability Leaders Join UN Conference

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 11th June 2014 - The Australian Human Rights Commission has sent a delegation of young people with disabilities to the United Nations Conference of States Parties (COSP) in New York. The delegation…

Merger on the Table for Major Service Providers

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 10th June 2014 - Disability and mental health service providers, Achieve Australia and Break Thru People Solutions, are one step closer towards merging after signing a Memorandum of Understanding…

NDIS Costs on Track

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 5th June 2014 - Participation in the National Disability Insurance Scheme has doubled since December 2013 with the average cost of individual care packages dropping to within budgeted predictions,…

Calls for Sector-led Input on ‘Services Connect’

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 3rd June 2014 - The Victorian Government is expected to make a call out for submissions in the next two weeks to Not for Profits interested in taking part in the trials of its eight new Services Connect…

Conference to Deliver NDIS Report Card

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 - A two-day National Conference on the National Disability Insurance Scheme in August is expected to act as a “report card” on the scheme’s first year of state-based…

NDIS welcomed, Disability Jobs needed

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 14th May 2014 - Disability groups have welcomed the emergence of the NDIS unscathed from yesterday’s Budget announcement but have expressed concerns over changes to the Disability Support…

Disability Advocate Questions Govt Commitment to NDIS

Staff Reporter, Friday, 2nd May 2014 - A national disability rights and advocacy organisation says it has grave concerns about the Federal Government’s commitment to the National Disability Insurance Scheme…

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From Politics to Not for Profit

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 25th February 2014 - From her earliest school days Anna Bligh had a burning desire to make a difference. Now, after a distinguished political career, the former Queensland Premier writes for Pro Bono …

Partnership Delivers Solution to Disability Employment

Staff Reporter, Monday, 24th February 2014 - People with a disability will soon be helping sort and deliver mail in regional and remote locations across Australia, under a new national partnership between Australia Post and…

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