Keywords: Disability Services
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INTERNATIONAL
- Graham West
- 06 October 2010
9 Comments
Young people should be held accountable for their actions. But that does not explain how almost 80 per cent of those on remand in a detention centre in NSW will not end up with a custodial sentence. If custody is a last resort, how can we get the balance wrong 80 per cent of the time?
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AUSTRALIA
- John Falzon
- 20 August 2010
20 Comments
Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Janet Phillips says that for Aboriginal Australians
there's no 'justice'; 'just us'.
How can we turn this election into a building block for a more equal society?
The answer involves weighing up the known
policies and track-record of both sides to assess their
impact on the growth of inequality.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 12 May 2010
23 Comments
If a 'fiscally responsible Budget' can increase spending on Australia's representatives in elite sports by $237 million, it is hard to imagine that there is not room somewhere for our unemployed to eat a little better.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 19 April 2010
6 Comments
Premier John Brumby's boast that Victoria has the best health system came unstuck
during his address to the National Press Club. Putting patients first is about understanding the social context of
those with acute health challenges, not the construction of
political ego.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Frank O'Shea
- 18 September 2009
16 Comments
Those of us with normal hearing feel good if we think technology such as cochlear implants can help deaf people to hear. But Deaf people generally have little interest in 'cures'. They value their identity and see no value in becoming a different person.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 13 May 2009
3 Comments
Rudd Labor's first Budget last year seemed to indicate a turn towards a fairer Australia. After the scripted theatre of pre-budget
leaks, secure lock-ups and dazzling announcements are stripped away,
the 2009–10 Budget indicates we may be waiting for a
long time yet.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 09 November 2008
12 Comments
The case of a Perth midwife has come to light two weeks after that of Dr Bernhard Moeller of Horsham in Victoria. Both are highly valued overseas-born health professioals who have been denied permanent residency because of the burden on the public purse associated with caring for their Down syndrome children.
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AUSTRALIA
- Philip Mendes
- 15 October 2008
4 Comments
While most families continue to support their children when they turn 18, young people leaving state care are expected
to transition to instant independence with scant ongoing support. Little wonder many face the transition with trepidation.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 30 September 2008
24 Comments
Frank Brennan responds to Greg Barns' Crikey article which accused him of issuing an authoritarian edict regarding the Victorian abortion bill.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Smith
- 22 August 2008
11 Comments
Vietnam War supporters have been silent since creating the moral disaster faced by returning soldiers. These veterans were judged as failing mythical standards set by previous generations of warriors, and have suffered ever since.
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AUSTRALIA
- Daniel Donahoo
- 23 April 2008
3 Comments
The Prime Minister's proposal for 'one-stop shop' child and parent centres is a big idea, but not a new one. All those early childhood advocates busily patting themselves on the back for getting their issues back on the front page should demand more for the youngest Australians.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Gillian Fulcher
- 19 March 2008
The Unsual Life of Tristan Smith is an engaging if uncomfortable tale. But a closer reading reveals author Peter Carey as social critic. While themes of
colonialism, migration, and identity are explicit,
disability enters more subtly.
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