Spotlight on Disability Employment Issues
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June 20, 2013, 12:07 p.m.
The Australian Government has appointed a long-standing champion of disability reform in Australia, Bruce Bonyhady AM, as the inaugural Chair of the Board of DisabilityCare Australia.
June 19, 2013, 12:46 p.m.
The Australian Government’s disability employment advice service JobAccess recently celebrated its 150,000th inquiry. JobAccess links Australian employers and people with disability to information and advice on employment.
June 18, 2013, 12:52 p.m.
Twenty organisations across Australia have been chosen to help people with a disability find a path to university or training, and from there onto a job.
June 14, 2013, 11:38 a.m.
Four hundred new people will be eligible for disability services in the first year of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in Newcastle when it launches in the Hunter.
June 14, 2013, 11:37 a.m.
With encouragement, people with disability can find the right fit in the workplace, writes NOVA Employment chief executive Martin Wren.
June 13, 2013, 12:48 p.m.
An improving economy is helping lower the unemployment rate for people with disability, though the job market remains tough for the deaf, blind and others with physical or mental conditions.
June 13, 2013, 10:47 a.m.
A national survey of the 362 not-for profits has found that 70 per cent have ''negative confidence levels'' for the future.
June 12, 2013, 10:17 a.m.
As the Australian Social Inclusion Board marks its fifth anniversary, it’s worth reflecting on the things that have been done and what we have yet to do to ensure all people living in Australia have a shot at a decent life.
June 11, 2013, 1:31 p.m.
The government is providing $440,000 to the Mental Health Council of Australia through the DisabilityCare Australia Sector Development Fund to assist people with mental illness and their service providers make the transition to DisabilityCare.
June 11, 2013, 1:15 p.m.
New figures show that 76 per cent of the nation's most long-term unemployed -- 86,419 people -- have five or more barriers to employment.