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Wed 13 December 2017Long skirts were the norm for WA woman Lisa Burnette after she lost her lower legs to meningococcal disease — until a trial of the federally-run National Disability Insurance Scheme gave her a new set of prosthetic covers and greater control over her future.
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Tue 12 December 2017After months of uncertainty and negotiation, the State Government announces Western Australia will join the federally-run National Disability Insurance Scheme. But what will change and why are they doing it?
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Tue 12 December 2017After months of uncertainty and negotiation, the State Government announces Western Australia will join the federally-run National Disability Insurance Scheme. But what will change and why are they doing it?
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Tue 12 December 2017A disability pensioner is fighting eviction from his Housing Tasmania unit saying the expiration of his lease is not a reason to kick him out.
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Tue 12 December 2017A mobile phone app that helps wheelchair users find the best routes to travel based on their ability is being developed by researchers.
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Mon 11 December 2017A new program in western Sydney is helping break the bonds of inter-generational unemployment one coffee at a time
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Mon 11 December 2017Traditional owners in central Queensland say they have been forced to negotiate with Adani over native title rights.
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Sun 10 December 2017President Donald Trump paid tribute to all involved in the US civil rights movement at a new museum but his trip laid bare the stark divisions among Americans about his commitment to that legacy.
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Sun 10 December 2017Donald Trump called for an end to racial hatred at the launch of a museum dedicated to victims of white-supremacist violence in America's Deep South, a ceremony boycotted by several black leaders.
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Sun 10 December 2017Disabled Indonesian artist Faisal Rusdi made his dream of holding a solo exhibit come true in Adelaide, Australia.
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Sun 10 December 2017Aboriginal activist Solomon 'Sol' Bellear remembered as a trailblazer.
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Sat 9 December 2017Visit Manly cemetery and history of the region unfolds as you wander from grave to grave.
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Sat 9 December 2017Aboriginal activist Solomon "Sol" Bellear remembered as a gentle giant, a trailblazer and a "flash dresser".
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Sat 9 December 2017The NSW government's solution to a looming shortfall of burial plots has been described as "disrespectful" by respondents to an internal government study.
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Fri 8 December 2017Rugby league star Johnathan Thurston has teared up after being awarded a human rights medal at a formal ceremony in Sydney.
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Fri 8 December 2017Rugby League star Johnathan Thurston receives the Australian Human Rights Medal for his work in the Deadly Kindies program pushing for better education for Indigenous children.
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Fri 8 December 2017The NRL legend's community work has been recognised at the Australian Human Rights Awards in Sydney.
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Fri 8 December 2017An eagerly awaited holiday may turn sour when the accommodation isn’t what was expected or the guest is hit with hidden costs.
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Fri 8 December 2017Families of children with a disability are waiting up to three years for help — for just one day a month — and there are fears volunteer numbers have plateaued.
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Thu 7 December 2017As Australia joins the dozens of nations that have already extended the right to marry to the LGBT community, there are still many places around the world where simply being gay carries with it the risk of jail or even death.
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Thu 7 December 2017Washington: The US House of Representatives has easily passed a sweeping expansion of the right to carry concealed firearms virtually anywhere in the country, putting the fate of the National Rifle Association's top legislative priority in the hands of a divided Senate.
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Thu 7 December 2017A Senate committee will delve into the burgeoning mobility scooter industry to look at whether the use of the electric vehicles should be more tightly regulated.
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Wed 6 December 2017This effective alternative to government-owned public services isn't profit-driven.
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Wed 6 December 2017Disability and LGBTQI advocates, community leaders, lawyers and a school are among this year's Northern Territory Human Rights Awards winners, with the Territory's Anti-Discrimination Commissioner praising the "hard and unique work" delivered by those on the ground.
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Wed 6 December 2017The arrival of Amazon in Australia may signal a change in how we navigate industrial relations and workers' rights.
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Wed 6 December 2017A community legal service urges Australia's consumer watchdog to crack down on Adani for "misleading vulnerable jobseekers" with "inflated" claims its Queensland mine will create 10,000 jobs.
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Tue 5 December 2017A council in Melbourne's inner-west apologises after graffiti contractors removed a newly installed mural that it partly funded to pay tribute to the city's disabled community, a mistake which has prompted outrage from the artwork's coordinator.
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Tue 5 December 2017A council has been forced to apologise after a blunder in which graffiti removal contractors tore down artwork.
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Mon 4 December 2017Victorian Catholic schools will soon receive millions more in Commonwealth funding for students with a disability than state schools.
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Mon 4 December 2017A woman has lost $29,000 of NDIS funding after the disability agency reviewed her previously successful application.
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Mon 4 December 2017Close to one in five unemployed young people have been out of work for at least a year despite trying just as hard as older jobseekers to find employment.
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Mon 4 December 2017Many disability providers are out of pocket and having to "effectively bankroll the Government" due to flaws and inefficiencies of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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Sun 3 December 2017People living with disability at times are unable to navigate the justice system, South Australia's Legal Services Commission concedes, but new efforts are being made to boost their legal knowledge using video and audio materials in plain language.
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Sun 3 December 2017Organisations and individuals using technology to improve the lives of people living with disabilities are being recognised by the National Disability Awards.
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Sat 2 December 2017Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has pulled back from a threat to close a human rights group founded by the detained Opposition Leader Kem Sokha, a pro-government website says.
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Sat 2 December 2017While many historical sites were thriving on their own, some weren't connected to one another, even ones nearby.
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Sat 2 December 2017If I could cure my disability, I would. But not everyone feels the same, writes Naomi Chainey.
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Fri 1 December 2017We as a society need to continue to further our expectations of what people with disability can actually do.
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Fri 1 December 2017If I could cure my disability, I would. But not everyone feels the same, writes Naomi Chainey.
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Thu 30 November 2017"The challenges before us now are profound. But I sit here tonight brimming with the belief that we can and will meet those challenges together."
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Thu 30 November 2017Sol Bellear is being remembered as a "titan" and stalwart of the Indigenous rights movement who fought for structural reform his whole life.
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Thu 30 November 2017For the past seven years Andy May has been opening up his farm in the south-west corner of Western Australia to people dealing with mental illness, addictions and disabilities. It's part of a social farming initiative. Read more
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Wed 29 November 2017New Greens senator Jordon Steele-John says Australians will not cop politics as usual, as he vowed to be a tireless champion for people with disability.
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Wed 29 November 2017The Senate has passed legislation to create a national oversight body for disability services.
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Tue 28 November 2017Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says there has been an erosion of trust between the communities of Rakhine state as the Pope urges healing of wounds.
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Tue 28 November 2017Sunday Mabior was just 15 months old when she was taken to Perth's major children's hospital after being scolded by hot water — but instead of getting better, she ended up in a "life and death struggle" that left her with cerebral palsy, a court hears.
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