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  1. DLI members in the news – September 2024

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    Megan Spindler Smith – Disability advocates voice concerns about new NDIS provider regulations

    Morwenna Collett – Australian Women in Music Conference, First Nations Women’s Music Program + Awards Ceremony & Concert

    Carly Findlay – Writing Your Own Piece with Carly Findlay and Andy Jackson

    Rosie Putland – I don’t know how i feel (podcast)

    Kate Fiedler – Community Inclusion

    Shane Hryhorec – Disability Advocate Takes City of Yarra to VCAT Over Footpath Accessibility

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA: Co-Design, Choice Key to Registration Success

    Alastair McEwin – NDIS ‘navigator’ plan could save up to $5b

    Daniel Stubbs – Weeding out the bad apples

    Katie Kelly – I’ve really enjoyed the leadership and advocacy coming out of the Australian team

    Gemma Smart – BlakOut Issue 2 launch reportback

    Shane Hryhorec – ‘I nearly vomited’: Warning after ABC star’s horror accident

    Shane Hryhorec – ABC presenter’s horrific bathroom incident prompts warning to travellers

    Katie Kelly – Katie Kelly on Classification

    Katie Kelly – Paralympics Day 9 Wrap

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA responds to NDIS Minister Bill Shorten’s retirement from politics

    Megan Spindler Smith – Outgoing Shorten promises ‘green shoots’ for NDIS

    Belle Owen – Vision Australia podcast (transport standards)

    Katie Kelly – Paralympics Day 8 Wrap

    Katie Kelly – I’ve never known anyone who trains as hard and as consistently as Lauren

    Katie Kelly – Paralympic Wrap Day 7

    Katie Kelly – It’s vital to take that time to process the emotion

    Simon Darcy – Paris Adds New Chapter to Paralympic History

    Lisa Cox – Unstereotype Alliance Australia advocates for progressive disability representation in media

    Lisa Cox – Unstereotype Alliance calls for disability representation in advertising beyond the Paralympics

    Katie Kelly – There is almost a process of grief

    Katie Kelly – Paralympic Wrap Day 5

    Katie Kelly – She can become one of Australia’s most acclaimed Triathletes

    Megan Spindler Smith – 3CR breakfast program

    Katie Kelly – Paralympic Day 4 Wrap Up

    Katie Kelly – They’ll be getting so edgy wanting to get out and race

    Emma Bennison – After ‘generations’ of discrimination, people with disability hope the Aviation White Paper will lead to change

    Katie Kelly – Paralympics Wrap Day 3

    Katie Kelly – The team would be absolutely devastated

    Katie Kelly – Steelers looking for redemption in Paris

    Katie Kelly – Day 2 Wrap of Paralympics

    Bailey Wemyss – Rental advocates warn heat-related deaths will increase if Queensland regulations aren’t tightened

    Katie Kelly – Day 1 Wrap of Paralympics with Ned Hall

    Katie Kelly – The Conversation Hour What does an Athlete look like anyway?

  2. DLI members in the news – July 2024

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    Katie Kelly – Is this the year you enter the Casino Fun Run?

    Shane Hryhorec – Meet the leaders in this year’s 40 Under 40

    Akii Ngo – Wheelchair user calls for accessibility standards after Jetstar apology for ‘unfortunate accident’

    Akii Ngo – Jetstar apologises to wheelchair user who fell at Adelaide Airport while being pushed by a staff member

    Shane Hryhorec – Aussie traveller’s 2.5 hour airport ‘trauma’ leaves him ‘worried’ about flying again

    Shane Hryhorec – Changing the game for people with disabilities

    Colleen Furlanetto – AV Community Advocates Visit Kyneton And Bendigo

    Tricia Malowney – Equity in cervical screening webinar

    Lisa Cox – How a chance meeting with Birdsnest’s Jane Cay in a shopping centre car park sparked this founder’s mission to make advertising more inclusive

    Carly Findlay – Carly Findlay reveals she is battling cancer after hysterectomy: ‘Taking it one day at a time’

    Yenn Purkis – Step Up Step down mental health facility birthday

    Caroline Bowditch – Queering the Collection through pride and prejudice

    Megan Spindler Smith – Reflections on my first week as Deputy CEO

    Vaughn Bennison – Disability Voices Tasmania losing all employees as funding ends

    Akii Ngo – New Advisory Council members to strengthen independent advice on Australia’s Disability Strategy

  3. DLI Members in the news – June 2024

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    Jane Britt – Flowers in the desert: DSS and the death of Deafblind Australia

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA announces Megan Spindler Smith as Deputy CEO

    Christina Ryan – How diversity can impact your leadership effectiveness

    Carolyn McKay – Deepfake Sexual Material Bill introduced

    Mark Pietsch – Hansard, NDIS legislation debate

    Tanya Hicks – Gold Award Winner, Beam Awards 2024

    Claire Pullen – AI, digital transparency on the agenda as AWG president joins cultural leaders in Canada

    Shane Hryhorec – Closures: 10 Adelaide Venues That Called It Quits in 2024

    Robert Altamore – Blind cricket

    Vaughn Bennison – On board wheelchair did not fit down Virgin plane aisle, quadriplegic teenager’s mum says

    Cat Walker – Shorten revives the Coalition’s failed NDIS reforms

    Yasmine Grey – Australia’s annual primary event for the accessible tourism sector comes to Melbourne/Naarm

    Emma Olivier – Unlocking the superpower of people with a disability

  4. DLI members in the news – May 2024

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    Lisa Cox – How we can use the power of visibility to stamp out disability stereotypes

    Dwayne Fernandes – Podcasts released to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day

    Tricia Malowney – In Practice: Further calls for feedback on Scope of Practice review

    Gemma Smart – Congratulations to our new equity officers!

    Anna Boucher – The federal budget shows Australia’s net migration intake will fall sharply — but some say it’s outside the government’s control

    Claudia Forsberg – What would happen if Australia were to ban social media altogether?

    Belle Owen – Disability sector and new SA Mums become allys over inaccessibility

    Amanda Lawrie Jones – After hitting her car, Brenton Brown left Carol-Anne for dead – twice

    Amanda Lawrie Jones – Brenton Brown pleads guilty to crashing into Carol-Anne Jones, leaving her trapped as he ran away

    Ryan Smith – Relive the highlights of the 2024 Design Inn Symposium

    Lisa Cox – Bus Stop Films unveils initial program for November summit

    Tricia Malowney – In Practice: Medicare compliance for disability assessments

    Christina Ryan – Disability inclusion is a financial issue too

    Karen Hedley – Clear direction for local social enterprise

     

  5. DLI Members in the news – April 2024

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    Shane Hryhorec – How finding accessible accommodation in Australia just became much easier

    Claudia Forsberg – Psychiatrists urge the government to address critical mental health workforce shortage

    Shane Hryhorec – Disability advocates call for better venue accessibility as Pavely app co-creator hopes for expanded rollout

    Reece Gains – Push for bus services for Wyndham estates

    Shane Hryhorec – Government grant not enough to save Port Adelaide nightclub

    Shane Hryhorec – Popular inclusive bar in Port Adelaide to close its doors (for now)

    Lisa Cox – ‘Far more challenging than a wheelchair and my prosthetic leg’: Lisa Cox shares struggles with ‘invisible’ disability

    Claudia Forsberg – Study of teachers leaving the classroom offers hope for schools struggling with shortage

    Belle Owen – Consultation opens to improve SA event accessibility

    Gemma Smart – Universities Accord recommends changes for part-time students

  6. DLI members in the news – March 2024

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    Yenn Purkis – TEDx Canberra, Autigender and allyship

    Shane Hryhorec – Disability advocate Shane Hryhorec says he was ‘patronised’ and ‘humiliated’ on Virgin Australia flight

    Frances Kupke Smith – Organisers accused of falsely promoting Bill Shorten’s attendance at NDIS conference

    Dan Stubbs, Colleen Furlanetto – Disability Commissioner visits Shepparton

    Debbie Heron, Disability Leadership Institute – Forging a new trajectory: leader Debbie Heron joins Life Without Barriers as co-CEO intern

    Shane Hryhorec – Council wins inclusivity award but shuts accessible toilet

    Muthu Didi – Outrage over insensitivity in ‘Ihusaas’: a hopeful step towards acceptance and inclusivity?

    Shane Hryhorec – Uphill challenge as beach users with disabilities call on governments for equal access to Australia’s coast

    Shane Hryhorec – Uphill challenge as beach users with disabilities call on governments for equal access to Australia’s coast

    Akii Ngo, Ruth Bonser, Haidi Badawi – Leading Change: Disabled Women, Gender Diverse Reflect on IWD 2024

    Shane Hryhorec – One in five Aussies miss out on beach fun due to accessibility issues

    Emma Bennison – “Stressful and humiliating”: Blind disability charity executive abandoned at airport

    Kat Reed – ACT Budget – disability groups call for whole of Government disability response and boost to struggling disability advocacy services

    Simon Darcy – Is the travel industry ageist

    Haidi Badawi – Empowering Disabled Women on International Women’s Day

    Belle Owen – The one major reform needed to improve Access Taxis

    Carly Findlay, Christina Ryan, DLI – It Is Still Legal To Pay Disabled People Below Minimum Wage

     

    Lisa Cox – Ignite Change through Connection: A night of inspiration and action

    Shane Hryhorec – Aussie beaches missing one ‘simple’ thing causing thousands to miss out

    Yenn Purkis – In Our Words, exploring the intersections of identity

    Disability Leadership Institute – How culture, confidence and capital bar the way to more women-led businesses