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Disability transport bungle puts lives at risk

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:17:00 +1000

The Opposition is calling for Adrian Piccoli to be sacked, after a child almost asphyxiated because her bus wasn't allowed to travel with its usual carer.

Government subsidies: Are you missing out?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +1000

The Federal Government provides a variety of wage subsidies to eligible employers who hire job seekers with a disability or other barriers to employment.

What Does Equal Pay Mean Now?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:21:00 +1000

Workers in the community sector covered by the Social and Community Services ( SACS ) Award got a late Christmas present, or a long overdue thank you from the rest ...

Mild cognitive impairment is associated with disability and neuropsychiatric symptoms

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +1000

In low- and middle-income countries, mild cognitive impairment -- an intermediate state between normal signs of cognitive aging, such as becoming increasingly forgetful, and dementia, which may or may not ...

Safe haven: preventing women from harming their babies

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:52:00 +1000

In December 2010, Keli Lane , a former champion water polo player, was convicted of the 1996 murder of her two day old daughter, Tegan. The new-born girl was never ...

LGsuper switches insurer to OnePath Life

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:55:00 +1000

Queensland fund LGsuper has changed its insurance arrangement, replacing AIA Australia with OnePath Life, effective 1 July 2012. The agreement with OnePath comes after a tender process that was put ...

People with a disability to get active at Sports Expo and Sign on Day

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +1000

Promoting sport and healthy activity for people with a disability forms a key part of the 2012 Mackay Sports Expo and Sign on Day at the MECC on February 12.

Disability Sector Mourns Passing of “Fearless Advocate”

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:13:00 +1000

Public servants turn bus drivers in disability transport debacle

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:37:00 +1000

Education department staff in New South Wales have been recruited as bus drivers after the State's Government failed to find a transport solution for all of the disabled children stranded ...

Twenty influential spinners and advisers

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:32:00 +1000

This week we're profiling Australia's most influential backroom operators, the spinners and advisers who shape how the powerful act – and how the public perceives them. Here, Matthew Knott presents ...

Disabled students still stranded by drivers dispute

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:30:00 +1000

The New South Wales Minister for Education, Adrian Piccoli, has denied responsibility for a failure by the department to organise school transportation for hundreds of students with a disability in ...

New drug doesn't improve disability among stroke patients

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +1000

A new drug that showed promise in animal studies and an early clinical trial didn't improve disability among stroke patients, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's ...

Julia Gillard’s carbon tax; aviation ticketing increase; Craig Thomson; Queensland and NSW floods; job losses; ALP leadership: Tony Abbott Doorstop

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:23:00 +1000

TRANSCRIPT OF THE HON. TONY ABBOTT MHR JOINT DOORSTOP INTERVIEW WITH MR SCOTT MORRISON MHR, SHADOW MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP, SYDNEY Subjects: Julia Gillard’s carbon tax; aviation ticketing increase; ...

Piccoli's lies continue

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:48:00 +1000

The Education Minister has been caught out lying again today, claiming he didn't know about problems with the disability transport scheme until recently, despite being warned that 'chaos would ensue' ...

Baillieu must stand up to abbott on disability reform

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:14:00 +1000

Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu must stand up to Tony Abbott after the federal Liberal leader announced that if he was elected Prime Minister, he would scrap plans for a National ...

Cigna profit misses views, sees 2012 below Street

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:01:00 +1000

By Lewis Krauskopf (Reuters) - Insurer Cigna Corp (CI.N) posted a lower-than-expected fourth-quarter profit, hurt by performance in its disability and life coverage business and international plans, and forecast 2012 ...

Schools worried overhaul will cut disability funds

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:00:00 +1000

THE state government will overhaul the way it funds school students with disabilities and principals and parents are fearing vital teachers' aides will be lost, classes disrupted and students left ...

Speech : Transcript - Joint doorstop interview

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +1000

Speech Transcript - Joint doorstop interview Friday 3rd February 2012 Subjects: Julia Gillard’s carbon tax; aviation ticketing increase; Craig Thomson; Queensland and NSW floods; job losses; ALP leadership, Labor's failed ...

FOCUS ON FOCUS

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +1000

Article Teaser Tina Siver, Mary Porter and Lynda McIntosh Late last year Mary joined Focus ACT members of the foundation, staff and volunteers as well as family and friends to ...

OurSay: disability and poverty leads questions

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:39:00 +1000

A question on Australia's parlous record on poverty and disability currently leads the OurSay People's Question. Read more on the blog...