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Disability service provider 'put revenue over safety'

AAP - 21-03-2023

A nationwide disability service provider has been chastised for prioritising revenue over the health and safety of people in its care. The Australian Foundation

 
Review ordered into cochlear implant issues for SA kids

AAP - 20-03-2023

An independent review has been ordered into the incorrect programming of cochlear ear implants for as many as 30 children in South Australia which left them unable to hear

 
Assaults against people with disabilities underreported

AAP - 14-03-2023

People living with disabilities often face sexual abuse, assault and discrimination, which creates barriers to vital support access, a federal inquiry has been told.

 
Taxi company charged over deaths of wheelchair users

AAP - 20-02-2023

A taxi company has been charged over the deaths of two passengers whose wheelchairs tipped backwards during separate incidents in northern Victoria. Echuca-Moama

 
Employing clients can fix disability care, hearing told

AAP - 14-02-2023

Placing Australians living with disability in positions of influence over service delivery can address sustained and invisible forms of negligence, a Royal Commission has

 
Disabled visa children granted health support in SA

AAP - 09-02-2023

Children with a disability born in Australia to parents on temporary visas will get access to help in South Australia under an $11 million program. The funding,

 
Big cash injection for disability services

AAP - 26-10-2022

Extra frontline staff and smoother paths for National Disability Insurance Scheme clients to resolve disputes have been included in the federal budget. The Albanese

 
Funds will get Vic patients home sooner

AAP - 26-09-2022

More Victorian patients with a disability will go home sooner rather than wait in hospital for their National Disability Insurance Scheme plan. The Victorian

 
People with disabilities 'crime victims'

AAP - 20-09-2022

People with a disability are twice as likely to be a victim of a violent crime in NSW. They are also over-represented in parts of the justice system, being more

 
Issues raised in SA disability service

AAP - 10-08-2022

An Adelaide disability service will be subject to spot checks and receive more staff and training after a review found major issues with its level of care. The

 

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