Recently Croakey reported on the joint statement issued by fifteen leading health organisations in Victoria, sounding the alarm about the Federal Government’s religious discrimination bill,... Read more
With the Federal Government due to soon release its response to the Tune Review into the NDIS, El Gibbs issues a timely challenge, calling for changes that put disabled people first. El Gibb... Read more
Fifteen leading health organisations in Victoria have issued a joint statement sounding the alarm about the Federal Government’s religious discrimination bill, warning that it risks reducing... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Police should not be involved in most frontline mental health crisis responses because too often their interactions escalate and result in further distress, trauma, p... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Productivity Commission this week begins a series of hearings across Australia, seeking responses to its draft report of its inquiry into mental health released... Read more
Below is an extract from the interim report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. We are publishing this at length because of the clarity and power of the writing, and t... Read more
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has begun public hearings into shocking human rights breaches against people with disability in... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: There has long been concern and evidence that the NDIS, which promised so much for people with disability, is not meeting the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait I... Read more
Colleagues have paid warm and heartfelt tribute to Associate Professor Allison Milner, 36, who was killed by a falling tree in Melbourne last month. She is remembered as an outstanding schol... Read more
Responses to the climate crisis must stop excluding disabled people and ensure their knowledge and needs are centred, according to writer El Gibbs. “Listen to us, include us and hear our exp... Read more
