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Sunshine Coast will the host of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Para-cycling Road World Championships in March 2028. The awarding of the hosting rights to the Championships to AusCycling and subsquent venue selection of the Sunshine Coast will bring the best of the para-cycling world in a Paralympic Games year to Queensland in pursuit of … Continued
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Media Alert Available for Comment Studio – Radio – Live, Pre-recorded and Talkback, TV, Print Mr River Night Leading National Disability Sector Advocate Co-founder at Developing Australian Communities Public Officer at the National Disability Leadership Organisation Mr Night is an adult Living with Disability, a National Disability Sector Advocate, carer, father and … Continued
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The Australian Government has today released the transitional lists of what can and cannot be funded by the NDIS. PWDA is deeply concerned that these lists are only being made available less than two days before they come into effect with no guarantee that the information and how it impacts individual plans will be communicated directly … Continued
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A Monash University project aimed at helping people with disabilities engage in STEAM education has received recognition in Australia’s peak international design awards. The Accessible Makervan was announced as a Good Design Award Winner at the 2024 Australian Good Design Awards, held in Sydney on 20 September, for its outstanding design excellence. Established in 1958, … Continued
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MEDIA ALERT – SATURDAY 21st September National Week of Deaf People – Australia’s oldest Deaf Society celebrates 140 years with significant exhibits at the State Library of Victoria Media arrival: 1:45pm via Entry 3 – 179 La Trobe Street. Expression Australia – the nation’s oldest Deaf Society will begin the National Week of Deaf People … Continued
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“As a person living with disability (PWD) with over 30 years of experience working in the disability sector, I created, shape and deliver with thousands of PWD, my fellow cofounder Mr Mike Clark, organisations and providers, Victoria’s largest, free, disability event for the community every year, via the Disability Connection Expo, held at the MCEC … Continued
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When: The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM tomorrow,Wednesday, 18 September 2024, at 414 Latrobe Street, Melbourne. The case should also be live streamed via video conference (awaiting confirmation from VCAT), with an estimated duration of two days. Disability advocate Shane Hryhorec is taking the City of Yarra to VCAT over accessibility issues caused … Continued
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PWDA will advocate to be active participants in the consultation process. The Disability Representative Organisation wants to work with the government to deliver balanced and tiered registration that centres people with disability’s capability to enact choice and control over how and where they get supports that ultimately enable them to live free and equal lives.About … Continued
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MEDIA RELEASE September 12, 2024 Expression Australia, the nation’s oldest Deaf Society has been recognised for it’s 140 years of service to the Deaf and hard of hearing community at Government House in Melbourne today. Deaf people in Victoria once enjoyed their gatherings under the dim glow of gaslights, where they could easily communicate in … Continued
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Media Alert Victoria’s first Deaf CEO Rebecca Adam and members of the Deaf community will join Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC, Governor of Victoria at a reception to celebrate 140 years of Expression Australia the nation’s oldest Deaf organisation. Time: 2pm arrival for 2.30pm start Where: Government … Continued
