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by Nic Stuart | Mar 7, 2024 | The Big Story, Wire ABC reveals shocking footage of a man on crutches being tasered as South Australian Police admit use of tasers doubling in seven years. Original report by Eric Tlozek, ABC News, additional commentary by Nic Stuart The grainy bodycam footage shows
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by Nic Stuart | Mar 8, 2024 | The Big Story, Wire Bill Shorten is spending a lot of time travelling around the country and speaking to People with Disability. Why bother? In Canberra the journey to being cynical about politicians is as quick as a trip across the lake. A short
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by Nic Stuart | Mar 11, 2024 | The Big Story, Wire Some of Australia’s largest employers have signed up to the Australian Disability Network's accessible technology charter. Based on specific commitments to good practice, the charter sets out ten accessibility principles to make it easier for People with
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by Nic Stuart | Mar 13, 2024 | The Big Story, Wire Tasmanians are skeptical about both major parties' capacity to drive change will result in a hung parliament in ten days time. An Australia Institute poll ten days before the state election reveals a massively disillusioned and dissatisfied electorate. Neither
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by Nic Stuart | Mar 12, 2024 | The Big Story The NDIS Review decided those working in the scheme should be registered. Victoria already champions voluntary enrolment. Which model works best? In 2016, after a number of disturbing reports of workers abusing People with Disability, the Victorian government decided to act.
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by Nic Stuart | Mar 14, 2024 | The Big Story, Wire Aboriginal and legal groups have been shocked by a NSW plan for harsher juvenile justice. Instead of curbing youth crime the groups say these will instead worsen community safety. Aboriginal and legal groups are expressing shock and outrage at a
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by Nic Stuart | Mar 15, 2024 | The Big Story, Wire Two crucial pieces of information dropped this week. Taken together, they explain both Bill Shorten’s political problem and a central issue for the NDIS itself. In yesterday’s Financial Review, Tom Burton exclusively revealed the findings of a detailed
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by Nic Stuart | Mar 18, 2024 | The Big Story, Wire The government is being urged to tackle disability discrimination in air travel. Social justice advocates say with the increasing use of air travel there’s now an urgent need for new ways to improve air travel access for those with
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by Nic Stuart | Mar 19, 2024 | The Big Story, Wire Analysis & Policy Observatory The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare investigated patterns of death amongst people using disability support services to see if there were any common links. Now the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s Quality and Safeguards Commission
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by Nic Stuart | Mar 20, 2024 | The Big Story, Wire The Queensland Government will re-design the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games to be more useful after the Games are over. Under pressure and after huge, 19 percent swings against the government at two by-elections last weekend, the Queensland Government
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by Nic Stuart | Mar 21, 2024 | The Big Story NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has unveiled a new strategy as part of a significant push to boost employment amongst NDIS participants, saying “this refreshed Strategy builds on what we’ve learned from the disability community and includes new actions to help
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by Nic Stuart | Mar 22, 2024 | The Big Story Candidates are still displaying varied degrees of commitment to disability issues despite a desperate scramble for votes the day before the poll. The roll-out of the NDIS began in Tasmania and so it’s not surprising that disability will be a