NOVA Employment launches the 2013 Focus on Ability Short Film Competition
NOVA Employment have launched their 2013 short film competition. The theme is 'Focus on Ability', with entries open to the general public.
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DisabilityCare now a reality but how can we protect its future? - Editorial
Donna McDonald, a senior lecturer on Disability Studies at Griffith University, takes a look at the costs that schemes similar to DisabiltyCare have imposed on other countries.
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Working group to develop closing the gap target for Aboriginal people with disability
Increasing Aboriginal people's access to disability services will become a key federal government target ahead of the introduction of the national disability care scheme.
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Keen ones get to work
An employment agency that opened a new office in the Ballina CBD yesterday will focus on finding jobs for people with disabilities.
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Remote Jobs and Communities Program providers process nearly complete
Under the Remote Jobs and Communities Program services will be delivered by a single service provider in each of the 59 remote regions. Providers will have a permanent presence in the region.
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Time for targets in employment - Editorial
Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes spoke to employers at the Australian Network on Disability 'Raising The Bar' conference last week about the vexed topic of targets.
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Budget 2013-14: Helping more Australians with intellectual disability find work
More than 700 Australians with intellectual disability can get more help to find and keep a job in open employment with an extra $5.5 million from the Australian Government.
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New Zealand jobseekers with disability hit because scheme too popular
A funding freeze for a successful disability employment programme is harming job prospects for people in the Waikato, employment advocates say.
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Commonwealth discriminates against people with intellectual disability, High Court rules
The High Court of Australia dismissed the Commonwealth’s application to appeal the Federal Court decision which ruled that the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT) discriminated against people with intellectual disability.
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Closing the gap for Indigenous people with disability
The Gillard Government will set a new target aimed at increasing access to services for Indigenous people with disability.
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