Daily Media Round-Up Monday 28 April 2014

 

National: Disability support pensioners anxious as Minister flags cuts

25 Apr 2014

Norman Hermant, ABC AM

For the hundreds of thousands of Australians who receive the Disability Support Pension there's been more than little anxiety this week.

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2014/s3991958.htm

 

SA: Sit down, shut up and watch

22 Apr 2014
Keira James, Northern Argus
Australia's first learning disability-led film festival, "Sit Down, Shut up and Watch, Film and New Media Festival", is now calling for entries.

http://www.northernargus.com.au/story/2233911/sit-down-shut-up-and-watch/

 

National: Gambling on adequate support

28 Apr 2014

Kelly Vincent, ABC RampUp

The disability support system remains under-resourced and inflexible, particularly in regional centres where people can be at the mercy of the 'postcode lottery'. 

http://www.abc.net.au/rampup/articles/2014/04/28/3991421.htm

 

National: Children with disability should be treated with dignity

24 Apr 2014

Stephanie Gotlib, The Age

Parents of children with disability will find out in a few weeks if this government is serious about funding a school system that will treat their children with dignity and allow them to reach their potential.

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/children-with-disability-should-be-treated-with-dignity-20140425-zqyx9.html

 

National: Disability scheme supports everyone

26 Apr 2014

Bruce Bonyhady, The Australian

"EVERY Australian counts" is the catchcry that has united the disability sector, galvanised the nation to support an increase in the Medicare levy and won multi-partisan political support for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/disability-scheme-supports-everyone/story-e6frgd0x-1226896267828

 

National: Disability groups defend NDIS Investment

25 Apr 2014

Rick Morton, The Australian

FEDERAL spending on disabil­ity will rival defence funding, ­approach parity with money spent on Medicare benefits ser­vices and outpace all spending on schools in the decades to come, according to Commission of Audit figures.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/disability-groups-defend-ndis-investment/story-fn59nokw-1226895361764

 

National: Worked up over proposed changes to disability pension and employment

25 Apr 2014

Nicole Kuter, Central Western Daily

A PROPOSED crackdown on eligibility for the disability pension and moving people into the workforce is causing people "angst" because "there just isn't the work there", says Orange man Scott Collins.

http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/2239214/worked-up-over-proposed-changes-to-disability-pension-and-employment/

 

VIC: Budget assistance for disabled

27 Apr 2014

Farrah Tomazin, The Age

Hundreds of Victorians with a disability will get access to tailored support in the May state budget, as the Napthine government moves to tackle the growing backlog of people waiting for assistance.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/budget-assistance-for-disabled-20140426-37b3p.html

 

NSW: 'We're seeing the crack appearing': union fears for quality of disability care

25 Apr 2014

Danielle Cetinkski, Central Western Daily

PEOPLE with a disability relying on care and respite services could face fewer and lower quality offerings into the future, according to the Central West Community Union Alliance.

http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/2238739/were-seeing-the-crack-appearing-union-fears-for-quality-of-disability-care/

 

World: Arthur Gauvin accused of keeping sister covered in faeces and starving in bedroom 'dungeon'

27 Apr 2014

New York Post

WHAT veteran police Officer Lisa Wexler saw inside a stinking, dark, locked bedroom on Eleanor Road was like nothing else she had experienced in her nearly 24 years of policing.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/arthur-gauvin-accused-of-keeping-sister-covered-in-faeces-and-starving-in-bedroom-dungeon/story-fni0fee2-1226897905418

 

VIC: Extra support for people living with a disability

25 Apr 2014

Bendigo Advertiser

BENDIGO residents living with a disability will get extra support to stay in their own homes, thanks to a a $537,524 boost from the federal and state government.

http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/2240699/extra-support-for-people-living-with-a-disability/

 

World: Man with no hands begs to keep driving

27 Apr 2014
9 News
A Chinese truckie has given new meaning to hands-free driving.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2014/04/27/11/58/desperate-man-with-no-hands-begs-to-keep-driving

 

 

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