The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has concluded today after it was established in 2013 to investigate how organisations have managed…
Last Friday marked the end of the AccessAbility Day pilot, which ran from 4–8 December. More than 240 employers registered in the eight regional and…
The Turnbull Government will provide disability representative organisations with funding of more than $5 million to continue their important advocacy work on behalf of people…
The Turnbull Government will launch an independent inquiry into complaints against housing providers in the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS). Minister for Social Services, Christian…
Adoption numbers are on the rise, for the first time in a decade, thanks in no small part to the incredible work being undertaken by…
The Australian and Western Australian Governments have reached agreement to bring Western Australia into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The agreement replaces the agreement…
The Turnbull Government is asking people with disability, their families and carers, and anyone in the disability and employment sectors, to have their say on…
The Turnbull Government is asking people with disability, their families and carers, and anyone in the disability and employment sectors, to have their say on…
Payments to about one million youth, students and carers will rise from 1 January 2018. “The Government is acutely aware of the importance of ensuring…
More than 190 businesses and organisations, many offering more than one placement, and over 360 people with disability are participating in the AccessAbility Day initiative,…
The Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services, the Hon Jane Prentice MP, has tonight announced this year’s 2017 National Disability Awards winners at…
Participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, along with their families and carers, can now be assured of quality services and appropriate safeguards following the…
Events will be held across Australia this weekend to celebrate International Day of People with Disability, a United Nations sanctioned day held each year on…
Migrants and refugees, at risk young people, Newstart recipients over 50 years of age and carers will benefit from the next tranche of the Government’s…
With the Coalition Government’s strong focus on improving lives and helping people into work, there has been a nation-wide decrease in the number of teen…
Jenny Macklin will no doubt continue Labor’s misleading of the community when she visits Bennelong this morning. If Ms Macklin and Labor is so opposed…
Today marks the start of Community and Philanthropy Partnerships Week, a national celebration of philanthropy. Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, said the week brings…
Strengthened regulation of the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) will give investors greater protection and help maintain rental affordability of up to 38,000 homes. Minister…
Thousands of young students are no longer depending on welfare as a result of the Coalition Government’s strong focus on improving lives and getting people…
The 25th anniversary of International Day of People with Disability was celebrated today with the release of a commemorative 20 cent coin and prepaid envelope…
Today, the Hon Jane Prentice, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services, met with people with disability, employers and government representatives to discuss improving…
Registrations are now open for AccessAbility Day, a new Australian Government initiative to bring employers and people with disability together for a day. Research suggests…
Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter today announced the launch of Be Connected, the Government’s new three-year initiative to increase older Australians’ skills and confidence…
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will become available to Victorians in Inner and Outer Eastern Melbourne from 1 November 2017, improving the lives of…
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will become available to Queenslanders in Rockhampton, Gladstone and west to the South Australian and Northern Territory borders from…