Closing date: November 27, 2023
The Disability Representative Organisations (DRO) grant opportunity will run from 2024–25 to 2025–26. The DRO grant opportunity will provide $10.208 million (GST exclusive) over 2 years ($5.104 million per year) to organisations to provide systemic advocacy for Australians with disability.
A group of NDIS participants have rallied together to express their fear for an “unknown” 27,000 people the government plans to divert from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as a final review into the scheme is handed down this month.
It’s hard to overstate what a historic time it is for the disability community in Australia right now. The final report from the Royal Commission has just been published and the NDIS review will make its recommendations at the end of the month. Amongst all of this, members of the autistic community have been gathering … Continued
Closing date: November 19, 2023
The Melbourne Disability Institute and the Faculty of Arts’ School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne invite applications for an interdisciplinary PhD scholarship to support research examining aspects of governance and administration of supports for people with disability outside the NDIS. Commencing in early 2024, the PhD candidate will be hosted … Continued
Closing date: November 11, 2023
The Melbourne Disability Institute and the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science’s School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne invite applications for an interdisciplinary PhD scholarship . The project will support research examining the dynamics of social inequality and disability across the life course . Commencing prior to December 2023 … Continued
When Maree MacDermid drives her son Joseph to school in the morning, it’s “like dropping him off to family”. “Every staff member in this school knows Joseph. They know how he communicates. They know his challenges,” she said. Joseph, 16, lives with severe intellectual disability, hearing and vision impairment, and has attended St Lucy’s special … Continued
Closing date: November 19, 2023
This role will provide effective, efficient, and inclusive financial and administrative services to support Inclusion Australia. This is part-time WFH role to be based in Melbourne.
Closing date: November 19, 2023
This role is about ensuring our staff and advisory committee members with intellectual disabilities are fully included and supported to work as independently as possible with a strong emphasis on fostering well-being within the workplace. This is a part-time, remote role.
Closing date: February 18, 2024
CultureVerse is conducting research on behalf of the Victorian Government (Department of Families, Fairness and Housing) on accessible toilets. We are interested in interviewing people with a lived experience of disability from multicultural backgrounds who require a high level of help toileting or changing. The purpose of the interviews is to better understand the level … Continued
The disability royal commission’s final report included an expansive range of recommendations including the introduction of an Australian disability rights act, a minister for disability inclusion and a department of disability equality and inclusion. The government says it will establish a taskforce and a staged response to dismantle barriers to inclusive education, open employment, and … Continued
The Greens have secured a comprehensive review of the Significant Cost Threshold, an outcome with significant potential to reduce discrimination in Australia’s migration system and improve life for many families seeking to make a life in Australia.
Closing date: November 28, 2023
The Advocacy Standards is a joint OPAN and Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) project, which aims to develop an Australian standard that has formal recognition and standing in the advocacy sector. To have your say, you can attend an online or face-to-face session that will be held in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne in November.
It’s Christmas Day. A man paces the caged courtyard attached to his secure unit. There are bits of tinsel strewn around it – an attempt to bring colour into his world. He’s rarely left this space in the past 11 years. There’s no date for his release. He’s never been convicted of a crime. Adrian* … Continued
Consultation has begun on a new disability employment centre of excellence, designed to encourage greater opportunities and participation in the workforce.