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DANA eNews – Mid September

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This edition of DANA’s eNews is out and full of the latest news about advocacy, the NDIS, the Disability Royal Commission, and COVID-19 information.

There's also an update about the recent Jobs and Skills Summit, current opportunities, new resources, jobs in the advocacy sector and more...

DANA eNews – Late August 2022

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This edition of DANA’s eNews is out and full of the latest news about advocacy, the NDIS, the Disability Royal Commission, and COVID-19 information.

DANA eNews – Mid August 2022

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Check your inbox and junk folder for DANA eNews!

This edition of DANA’s eNews is out and full of the latest news about advocacy, the NDIS, the Disability Royal Commission, and COVID-19 information.

National Disability Advocacy Program funding announcement

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On Thursday 7 April, a media release from Senator Anne Ruston (Minister for Families and Social Services) and Senator Linda Reynolds (Minister for the NDIS) announced “$100 million to uphold the rights of people with disability” in the form of continued funding for the National Disability Advocacy Program. Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) chief executive Mary Mallett welcomed the Government’s continued investment in disability advocacy, including an increase to organisations delivering NDIS Appeals. However, she also questioned whether the additional funding would be sufficient given the rising demand for appeals advocacy. 

Read the latest DANA eNews – March 2022

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This edition of DANA’s eNews is packed full of the latest news about advocacy, the NDIS, COVID-19 tests and vaccinations, and the Disability Royal Commission, plus current events, inquiries, consultations, and new resources.

DANA eNews – November 2021

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This edition of DANA’s monthly eNews is packed full of the latest news about advocacy, the NDIS, the Disability Royal Commission, & COVID-19 information, plus current inquiries, consultations, jobs, resources and updates.

DANA eNews – October 2021

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This edition of DANA's monthly eNews is packed full of the latest news about advocacy, the NDIS, the Disability Royal Commission, & COVID-19 information, plus current inquiries, consultations, jobs, resources and updates.

DANA eNews – August 2021

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Check your inbox for the latest DANA eNews – August 2021 Edition. 

It includes the latest news about advocacy, the NDIS, the Disability Royal Commission, and COVID-19 information, plus current inquiries, consultations, jobs, resources and updates.

Joint statement on the Australian Government’s planned reforms to the NDIS

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People with disability, their families and the organisations that represent them are all worried about changes the Australian Government wants to make to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

These changes will fundamentally alter the individualised and personalised nature of the NDIS. While we all want greater consistency, we are very concerned this increasingly automated process will not adequately consider individual need and circumstance.

This is not the NDIS we fought for.

National Disability Insurance Agency shares its data

DANA gives credit to the National Disability Insurance Agency for its willingness to be more transparent with the information it collects through the Scheme. In 2019 it released new data every quarter to give the wider disability sector, academic audiences…