Daily Media Round-Up Wednesday 11 June 2014

 

National: Young Disability Leaders Join UN Conference

11 June 2014

ProBono News

The Australian Human Rights Commission has sent a delegation of young people with disabilities to the United Nations Conference of States Parties (COSP) in New York.

http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2014/06/young-disability-leaders-join-un-conference

 

Opinion: Don't expect me to work for free

10 June 2014

Carly Findlay, RampUp

People with disabilities are often asked to sit on committees, contribute to projects and tell our stories. But, as Carly Findlay writes, people are seldom willing to pay us for our time.

http://www.abc.net.au/rampup/articles/2014/06/10/4022534.htm

 

WA: Courts 'unjust to mentally impaired'

11 June 2014

Amanda Banks, The West Australian

Mentally impaired people accused of criminal offences face a system which is unjust, under- resourced and ineffective, the State's independent prisons watchdog has found.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/24208931/courts-unjust-to-mentally-impaired/

 

NSW; Ketamine trial at UNSW reports success in treating depression with injections

10 June 2014

Lindy Kerin, ABC News

The street drug known as Special K is being labelled a game changer in the treatment of depression, with patients reporting major improvements after just one day of treatment.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-10/ketamine-being-used-to-treat-depression/5511572

 

TECH: Google Glass: Australian entrepreneurs move to capitalise on new wearable technology

2 June 2014

Freya Michie, ABC News

Australian entrepreneurs have started exploiting the latest in wearable technology, including the Google Glass.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-01/google-glass-australian-entrepreneurs-move-to-capitalise/5488742

 

AUDIO: Cyndi Shannon Weickert

28 May 2014

ABC Local

Cyndi is the Macquarie Group Foundation Chair of Schizophrenia Research, based at Neuroscience Research Australia.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/05/28/4014031.htm

 

National: Merger on the Table for Major Service Providers

10 June 2014

ProBono News

Disability and mental health service providers, Achieve Australia and Break Thru People Solutions, are one step closer towards merging after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the benefits of an amalgamation. - http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2014/06/merger-table-major-service-providers

 

QLD: Foster children returned to unsafe homes

9 June 2014

Marissa Calligeros, Brisbane Times

More than one in 10 Queensland foster children are reunited with their families only to be taken away again within six months for safety reasons, new figures show.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/foster-children-returned-to-unsafe-homes-20140610-zs2a4.html

 

QLD: He's going nowhere

11 June 2014

Ashleigh Howarth, The Satellite

A DURACK mother is furious her mentally disabled son was refused a ride on a Brisbane City Council bus because he did not have enough credit on his Go Card.

http://www.thesatellite.com.au/news/hes-going-nowhere-disabled-man-left-behind/2283619/

 

WA: Perth father Jeffrey Butler permanently disabled after punch attack at Morley bus stop 

10 June 2014

Perth Now

On January 31, two-and-a-half weeks before he was found slumped over the wheel of a forklift during night shift at Strategic Marine in Henderson, Mr Butler took a punch to the neck at Morley bus station.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/perth-father-jeffrey-butler-permanently-disabled-after-punch-attack-at-morley-bus-stop/story-fnhocxo3-1226949696090

 

NSW: Doctors cry for joy at 'miracle boy'

11 June 2014

Geoff Chambers, The Daily Telegraph

Junior rugby league ­player Curtis Landers' transfer yesterday to The Children's Hospital at Westmead marks another milestone in his recovery from a broken neck.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/doctors-cry-for-joy-at-miracle-boy-curtis-landers-transferred-to-the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/story-fni0cx12-1226949961957

 

World: U.S. appeals court rules against authors in book-scanning lawsuit

11 June 2014

Joseph Ax, Reuters

Universities and research libraries that created a searchable online database for millions of books did not violate copyright protections belonging to authors whose works were scanned, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/technology/a/24208324/u-s-appeals-court-rules-against-authors-in-book-scanning-lawsuit/

 

Opinion: Fighting against dress code sexism at school

10 June 2014

Andie Fox, Daily Life

In the last week or so there has been a spate of media stories about school girls with something in common. They're all essentially about teenage girls' bodies being deemed somehow inappropriate for school. Together these accounts tell an interesting story about femininity but a depressing one about how we treat teenage girls.

http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/parenting-and-families/fighting-against-dress-code-sexism-at-school-20140610-39u24.html

 

VIC: Anger issues contribute to assault

10 June 2014

Karen Matthews, Geelong Advertiser

A THOMSON man who assaulted his sister and attacked a man in the street should be spared jail because of his intellectual disability, a court has heard.

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/crime-court/anger-issues-contribute-to-assault/story-fnjuhoxe-1226949893981

 

 

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