ROYAL COMMISSION NEWS | TALKING DISABILITY
Aged Care Royal Commission calls for end to young people with disability entering aged care system
Tags Government Royal Commission Posted 1 week agoNo person under the age of 65 should be living in residential aged care from 1 January 2025, says the Royal Commission i… Read more
Disability RC to examine how people with disability fare in the criminal justice system
Tags Royal Commission Posted 1 month agoIndefinite detention and the overrepresentation of people with cognitive disability in the criminal justice system will … Read more
2020: Our Year in Review
Tags NDIS Accessibility Mental Health Government Royal Commission Posted 2 months ago2020 has been a year of change and uncertainty across Australia and the globe, especially for the disability industry an… Read more
Joint paper calls for end to segregation of people with disability in Australia
Tags Accessibility Royal Commission Posted 2 months agoDisability rights and advocacy organisations are calling upon the Disability Royal Commission to fully investigate the n… Read more
RC to examine pathways and barriers to employment for people with disability
Tags Employment Royal Commission Posted 3 months agoPathways and barriers to open employment for people with disability is the subject of the ninth public hearing of the Ro… Read more
RC report finds “serious failures” to people with disability during early stages of COVID-19
Tags NDIS Accessibility Mental Health Government Royal Commission Posted 3 months agoThe Australian Government was responsible for “serious failures” to people with disability during the early stages of th… Read more
First Nations people with disability raise injustice, discrimination at RC
Tags Government Royal Commission Posted 3 months agoFirst Nations people with disability will tell the Disability Royal Commission this week about the structural violence t… Read more
First Nations people to tell their stories at next RC hearing
Tags Government Royal Commission Posted 3 months agoFirst Nations people with disability and their families who have interacted with child protection systems will tell thei… Read more