Disabled access in the arts a shared responsibility

30 Mar 2023 | While there is a great deal of goodwill in the arts, more must be done to identify and address ...  

Services Australia: The department of inhuman services

12 Oct 2022 | The government's human services department is in desperate need of reform after struggling to ...  

Jobs Summit skims over solutions to disability employment

5 Sep 2022 | The Jobs Summit highlighted the Albanese Government's need to improve on its disability employment ...  

NDIS: Bad help not better than no help at all

25 Aug 2022 | The NDIS is pumping feel-good stories through social media channels at a robust rate, but for ...  

Chief Medical Officer's COVID comment leaves the vulnerable gasping

4 Aug 2022 | After CMO Paul Kelly recently likened COVID deaths to "reaping", a disabled woman tells of how sh ...  

Disadvantaged frustrated over Government's refusal to raise JobSeeker

1 Aug 2022 | Poverty is crippling many Australians and is a problem that the Albanese Government needs to fix ...  

Mental health: Why our voice matters

22 May 2022 | Convinced it was their destiny to rot away inside a mental health system with limited capacity to ...  

Independents: Putting paid to patch-up politics

3 Apr 2022 | Luke Hinsley intends to run in the upcoming Federal Election as an Independent because "we need ...  

People with disabilities marginalised in politics and wider society

31 Mar 2022 | Diversity in Australia’s federal and state parliaments has been a hot topic for debate in recent ...  

Disability advocates condemn neglect of chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers

30 Mar 2022 | The Australian medical community is ignoring research and promoting outdated information in the ...  

Ripped off: NDIS users failed by clueless Coalition

23 Jan 2022 | The NDIS continues to embed structural stigma into its service delivery. Meanwhile, the Coalition ...  

People living with disability have a dignified right to sex

28 Nov 2021 | Graeme Sparkes reviews a new memoir that explores the bond a mother shares with her son who is ...  

Sex and disability: The right to intimate connection

21 Nov 2021 | In this personal account, a mother explores the health and quality-of-life benefits of sex work in ...