disability

Archive of posts tagged 'disability'

News / The opportunities ahead in 2023

2023 presents significant opportunities to make meaningful advances in social justice. Here are some of the ways we will be...

A fairer NDIS / NDIS: 2022 The Year In Review

2022 has been a year of significant change to the laws, policies and practices governing the National Disability Insurance Scheme...

A fairer NDIS / Melbourne woman wins battle against National Disability Insurance Agency for mental health assistance dog

Since being brought home as a pup, Toby has completed hundreds of training hours through psychiatric assistance dog association Mind...

A fairer NDIS / The NDIA’s faulty guidelines on assistance animals are forcing people to battle for critical support

A recent case in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has exposed the National Disability Insurance Agency’s faulty policy on psychiatric...

Discrimination / Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022

PIAC provided a short submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment’s Inquiry into the Government’s Fair Work...

A fairer NDIS / 2SER interview: Parliamentary inquiry into the capability and culture of the NDIA

A Federal Parliamentary Committee is holding an inquiry into the capability and culture of the NDIA, the agency responsible for...

A fairer NDIS / NDIA inquiry presents an opportunity to put people ahead of process

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) will call for the NDIA to take a people-centred approach to decision-making at its...

A fairer NDIS / Submission to Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS inquiry into the Capability and Culture of the NDIA

PIAC made a submission to the Federal Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS’s inquiry into the Capability and Culture...

Discrimination / "It's the system that's the problem". How airlines are failing people with disability

COVID closed off air travel for most Australians but you could argue that for people with disability, it’s never really...

Discrimination / UN recommends Australia legislate on audio descriptions

A seven+ year campaign to have Australian networks provide audio descriptions for the blind and vision impaired community has resulted...