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Archive of posts tagged 'disability'

A fairer NDIS / Open letter from the disability sector calls for greater accountability re NDIA settlement outcomes

PIAC has joined over 20 major organisations in the disability community in calling on the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)...

20 Jul 2020

A fairer NDIS / Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS - Inquiry into General issues around the implementation and performance of the NDIS

PIAC made a submission to Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS’ inquiry into General issues around the implementation and performance...

20 Jul 2020

A fairer NDIS / Three takeaways from the landmark 'sex therapy' case

Snapshot In National Disability Insurance Agency v WRMF, the Full Federal Court upheld an AAT decision in which the sex therapy...

20 Jul 2020

A fairer NDIS / Open letter from disability sector on the publication of NDIS settlement outcomes

6 Jul 2020

Discrimination / Cate was expelled in year 2. Her parents took the school to court

28 Jun 2020

Discrimination / Test case highlights the need for better school support for children with autism

PIAC has commenced a discrimination test case on behalf of an eight-year old girl who has an autism spectrum disorder,...

25 May 2020

Asylum Seekers / Australian Human Rights Commission Human Rights and Technology Discussion Paper

PIAC’s submission to this consultation process focusses on issues around access to technology for people with a disability, and people...

7 Apr 2020

A fairer NDIS / Submission to the Australian National Audit Office's performance audit

PIAC made a submission to the Australian National Audit Office’s performance audit of the National Disability Insurance Agency’s decision-making controls...

13 Mar 2020

A fairer NDIS / Tune Review an important step, but more to do

PIAC welcomes many of the recommendations made in the report of the review of the NDIS undertaken by David Tune...

30 Jan 2020

A fairer NDIS / New issues paper sets out proposals for reform

Reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to make it work better for people with disability have been outlined...

10 Dec 2019

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