Suzanne James speaks to WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John about changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme which passed in August.
Disability rights
Suzanne James talks to WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John about the Albanese government鈥檚 betrayal of the disability community by ignoring the bulk of the royal commission鈥檚 recommendations while defunding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Labor has been reported to the United Nations Committee Against Torture over its decision to 鈥渟uspend鈥 its human rights act to detain children in adult watch houses.听Sonia Hickey reports.
Sydney Road was blocked by campaigners calling for accessible tram stops before any more level crossing removal works are undertaken on the Upfield line.听Darren Saffin reports.
Labor鈥檚 threat to slash-and-burn NDIS funding gives the lie to Jim聽Chalmers鈥 claim that the budget would offer 鈥渕ore help for some of the most vulnerable in our community鈥, argues Graham Matthews.
Nova Sobieralski reviews Michael Oliver's The Politics of Disablement 鈥 considered a paradigm defining work for the sociological study of disability.
The Inner West Disability Pride Fest returns to Newtown, reports聽Kerry Smith.
Without sufficient regulations, independent oversight or practical compliance measures to protect people鈥檚 rights and safety,聽the elderly and disabled are in danger of being injured or forced out of overcrowded, outsourced council-owned facilities. Bernadette Smith reports.
Trains have been made accessible for wheelchair users, but trams have not.听Chloe DS and聽Chris Peterson report on the聽campaign to rectify this.
Denying permanent residency to a 6-year-old Australian-born child because he has cerebral palsy shows this government's complete and utter political and moral bankruptcy, writes Janet Parker.听
The federal Coalition government announced a planned budget surplus for 2019-20 on April 2. Disgracefully, again, one of the most important areas of 鈥渟avings鈥 was the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
The planned surplus relies on 鈥渁 $3 billion underspend in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, after a $3.4 billion underspend in the current financial year,鈥 to the ABC鈥檚 Laura Tingle.
Disability rights activists rallied in Sydney on February 24. Advocates protested the NSW government鈥檚 refusal to properly fund disability services.
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