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Wed 25 April 2018Ethan Reid has Asperger syndrome and his school is six hours away from the family farm, but now a loyal service dog named Maverick is helping make his life easier.
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Wed 25 April 2018The Reid family have already established a second home, hours from the farm, to improve their access to education; now they are training a special service dog to ensure Ethan gets the best educational opportunities possible.
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Tue 24 April 2018Some wheelchair users are having to make their way through traffic to access the taxi rank at Royal Darwin Hospital, after ramps were removed during recent renovations.
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Tue 24 April 2018A Queensland woman is jailed for eight years for syphoning $1 million from a respite centre for disabled youths over a number of years, in a crime a judge called "calculated and callous".
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Tue 24 April 2018Bruce Gordon's WIN Corporation knocked back a request to tip in $5 million a year to help pump up Ten Network's offer to Cricket Australia.
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Mon 23 April 2018Vision-impaired technology adviser Nicole Holmes says "the more information I have about my surroundings, the more in control I am" — so she's doing something about it.
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Mon 23 April 2018Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce calls for an overhaul to the hiring regulations at Parliament House to allow politicians to work alongside their partners.
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Sun 22 April 2018Chiefs players let their feet do the talking when they wore rainbow bootlaces in their Super Rugby game in Brisbane.
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Sun 22 April 2018A plea for help by Gold Coast volunteers who convert old bicycles into wheelchairs proves so successful they hope to soon start shipping excess pushies to disadvantaged people living in Africa.
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Sun 22 April 2018The United States uses the State Department's global human rights report to claim there are attacks on freedom on a daily basis in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. However, Uzbekistan, Liberia and Mexico have improved rights, the report suggests.
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Sat 21 April 2018Growing up with deaf parents and brothers, Jodee Mundy became the family interpreter and conduit to the mainstream world. Now she's on a mission to preserve their "Deaf culture".
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Sat 21 April 2018Brenden Borellini he doesn't see his photographs with his eyes. He sees them with his hands.
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Sat 21 April 2018Brenden Borellini was born completely deaf and with limited sight that developed into complete blindness.
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Thu 19 April 2018Western Australia's unemployment rate rises to its worst level since January 2002, with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry blaming restrictive retail trading hours and high payroll tax.
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Thu 19 April 2018A whistleblower who allegedly spoke out about the care of disabled clients of NDIS provider LiveBetter is now being sued by his former employer.
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Thu 19 April 2018Western Australia's unemployment rate rises to its highest level since January 2002, with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry blaming restrictive retail trading hours and high payroll tax.
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Thu 19 April 2018Australia's jobs boom shows signs of cooling after much weaker than expected employment growth in March.
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Thu 19 April 2018After Matthew Hodge was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, it was Australian-designed technology that allowed him to take control of his life despite the debilitating condition.
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Thu 19 April 2018A survey of guide dog handlers across NSW and the ACT reveals half of the pooches have been attacked by other canines while working, with the results often devastating not only the injured dogs, but their owners.
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Wed 18 April 2018Fake assistance animals and their users are gaming the system and increasing prejudice against people with disabilities who genuinely require these animals, write Paul Harpur, Martie-Louise Verreynne and Nancy Pachana.
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Wed 18 April 2018Bulldogs skipper and league come to agreement over suspension rules.
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Wed 18 April 2018Jon Stanhope got one up in the ACT, but a national bill of rights remains elusive in Australia.
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Wed 18 April 2018US officials are so far declining to link Russia's decision to cancel talks with tensions over US-led airstrikes against Syria's chemical weapons facilities.
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Tue 17 April 2018Athletes from across Australia are proving they have what it takes as they compete at the Special Olympics' National Games in Adelaide.
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Tue 17 April 2018To avoid an interest charge, you need to pay back any money you owe us.
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Tue 17 April 2018Cricket is no longer a dirty word in Australia after leading sports broadcasters Seven West Media and Fox Sports agreed to a record $1.2 billion, six-year deal.
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Tue 17 April 2018Woes about connecting to the National Broadband Network have skyrocketed, resulting in 23,000 official complaints.
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Mon 16 April 2018Seven and Foxtel’s joint billion-dollar deal for the broadcast rights to Test and limited overs cricket is about as clear a breach of the anti-siphoning legislation as you could hope for.
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Mon 16 April 2018A billion dollars is, if my math is correct, a lot of money. Even spread over seven years, as in the latest broadcast deal struck between Cricket Australia and the combined might of Seven and Foxtel, it's a hefty bag of cash to hand over for the privilege of televising ball games. And if anything, the amount CA got for the cricket rights were a little underwhelming compared to what might have been expected a year or so ago – the news that the Australian team gets its sporting goods from the hardware store can't have helped push the price up. Yet incredibly, this colossal sum was paid for a sport that the previous broadcaster, Nine, reportedly made a loss on. So why, in an era of shrinking ad revenues and squeezed budgets, are networks still falling over themselves to shove massive bankrolls down a professional sport's g-string?
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Mon 16 April 2018Tens of thousands of Australian employees are still unwittingly trapped in so-called "zombie" workplace contracts written during the WorkChoices era, the ABC's daily news podcast The Signal finds.
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Mon 16 April 2018In April, the world's first arts festival dedicated to children on the autism spectrum launches in New York City — thanks in no small part to one pioneering Australian theatre company.
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Sun 15 April 2018TV is fuelling huge rises in sport broadcast rights at a time of flat revenues and falling profits. Something will have to give, writes Stephen Letts
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Sat 14 April 2018This safe injecting centre trial is not about condoning or encouraging drug use. It is about harm minimisation, saving lives and helping people get well.
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Fri 13 April 2018One in three Tasmanians with a guide dog have faced discrimination in cafes and restaurants but a new campaign hopes to change that and raise awareness of access rights.
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Fri 13 April 2018Cricket fans should enjoy a fresh, innovative broadcast of the summer game... but they will have to pay for it.
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Fri 13 April 2018Have you started an online claim for a health care card? You need to submit it soon or you’ll have to start again.
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Fri 13 April 2018Media speculation has valued the Seven West Media and Foxtel bid at more than $1.2 billion for the rights to broadcast Tests and the high-rating T20 Big Bash League.
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