Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas, and Member for Parramatta, Julie Owens, today visited the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children…
The Auburn community is set to become more accessible for local people with disability and their carers through a $20,000 boost from the Gillard Government.…
Blind and vision impaired residents of Canada Bay can now fully participate in the library experience as a result of a Gillard Government initiative that…
Parents of thousands of children with disability can now register to receive up to $12,000 in early intervention services. The Minister for Families, Housing, Community…
People with disability will be supported to participate in a range of conferences across the country following the announcement of around $320,000 to conference organisers.…
Minister for Sport Mark Arbib and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers Senator Jan McLucas today congratulated the Australian Special Olympics team on their superb…
Arts Minister Simon Crean today joined Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers Senator Jan McLucas to announce $500,000 funding for Arts Access Australia – the…
Children with disability affecting their development will have access to targeted early intervention services through the $147 million Better Start for Children with Disability initiative.…
From today, more than 530,000 carers across Australia will receive a $600 boost to help relieve the financial pressures of caring for a loved one.…
Minister for Employment Participation and Child Care, Kate Ellis and Federal Member for Cunningham Sharon Bird, today announced funding of $600,000 from the Innovation Fund…
Australia’s largest ever Special Olympics team has joined more than 7500 competitors from 185 countries for the opening ceremony of the 13th World Summer Games…
From tomorrow, deafblind people across Australia, their families and friends, will unite to raise awareness of deafblindness and promote greater understanding of the condition. Deafblind…
From next month, thousands of children with disability will be given a better start in life when the Gillard Government’s new early intervention program commences,…
People with disability and their families are one step closer to seeing 150 new supported accommodation places rolled out across the country. The draft guidelines…
Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas, will today leave for Athens to join the largest ever Australian contingent of athletes, coaches and…
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One of Australia’s 202 Disability Enterprises has the chance to take out top honours in the 2011 Australian Disability Enterprise (ADE) Excellence Award. The Parliamentary…
I would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which we are meeting, and pay respect to their Elders past and present.…
Ensuring people with disability can access and enjoy holidays was the focus of a meeting of disability advocates in Canberra today. Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities…
Athletes and volunteers participating in the Special Olympics World Summer Games today left for Athens in their search for Olympic glory. Joining the athletes at…
Australians now have an extra month to nominate outstanding individuals and organisations that have contributed to the lives of people with disability for the 2011…
Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Parliamentary Secretary for Disability and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas, today announced additional funding to the Australian Human Rights Commission to ensure…
Local governments across Australia will share in $5 million from the Gillard Government to improve the accessibility of public facilities for people with disability in…
The Australian Government today welcomed the findings of the first five year statutory review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (Transport Standards).…
A report released today on disability support pensioners highlights the need for the Australian Government’s important reforms to the Disability Support Pension (DSP) to get…