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Bid for more workers with disability
A scheme to increase the number of people with disability hired by the Australian Public Service (APS) has come into effect across the Service.
Australia under the spotlight in Human Rights Watch World Report 2015
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THE DANGERS OF BEING DISABLED
The report notes the Australian Human Rights Commission found last April that Australians with disabilities have inadequate safeguards and poor access to services.
Forty-five per cent also live below the poverty line and are at an increased risk or violence or prison.
NDIA participants concerned about lack of disability housing
Margaret Paul reported this story on Friday, February 6, 2015 12:35:00
Thousands of workers with disabilities take class action to contest underpayment
Friday 6 February 2015 8:34AM
Lawyers acting on behalf of a class action of more than ten thousand workers with a disability are calling on the Government to support the case.
According to the federal and high courts, these employees have been illegally underpaid in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act for more than a decade.
GREENS DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADDRESS UNEMPLOYMENT RISE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY
Friday, Feb 6th, 2015
Australian Greens spokesperson on Disability Senator Rachel Siewert has labelled a decline in work force participation for people with disability over 20 years as ‘a sign that our government is not doing nearly enough to create equity in the workplace for people with disability’.
NDIA national disability plan useless without more funding, say unions
Margaret Paul reported this story on Thursday, February 12, 2015 18:55:00
PETER LLOYD: The ABC has obtained a draft copy of the National Disability Insurance Agency's proposed safeguards to prevent abuse and reduce the use of medication to restrain people who are violent.
Disability advocates say it's a good start, but unions are warning safeguards will be useless unless the scheme has more money.
Margaret Paul reports.
Hungry Jack’s shooting: Knife-wielding woman ‘was like a zombie’
Woman with knife shot dead by police
- ‘She was like a zombie, as if possessed’: Witness
- Devastated mother collapsed when told daughter was dead
- Police led toddler away from horror scene
THE 22-year-old knife wielding woman shot dead by police yesterday had Aspergers.