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Tag Archive: Gemma Smart

  1. DLI Members in the news – November 2024

    Samantha Jenkinson – Newman History 6753 (podcast)

    Megan Spindler Smith – Would you benefit from the nine cost-of-living report recommendations?

    Fiona Yeang – Standing meeting lacks insight

    Gemma Smart – SUPRA officers elected to CAPA

    Dan Stubbs, Christina Ryan – SDAC24 Interviews (videos)

    Carly Findlay – Hear from a lived experience

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA Responds To NDIA STA And Respite Changes

    Yenn Purkis, Disability Leadership Institute – Ways to celebrate I-Day in Canberra

    Disability Leadership Institute – Australians with disability tell their stories for International Day of People with Disability 2024

    Megan Spindler Smith – ‘Paying the price’ Final Report a missed opportunity to alleviate cost of living crisis for people with disability

    Lisa Cox – Unstereotype Alliance Australia to present Disability in Advertising panel at Bus Stop Film’s Driving Change Disability Employment Summit

    Lisa Cox – Unstereotype Alliance Australia to unveil Unilever, Mars Wrigley-backed research at disability employment summit

    Christina Ryan – Here are the Australians of the Year for the ACT for 2025

    Christina Ryan – Office for Women turns 50

    Christina Ryan – ACT nominees for 2025 Australian of the Year awards named

    Christina Ryan – Rugby legend in the running for ACT Australian of the Year

    Shane Hryhorec – Escooters blocking footpaths at centre of disability discrimination case

    Caroline Bowditch – The art of landing in your skin, TEDxCastlemaine

    Christina Ryan – Revealed: who’s in line to be the ACT’s Australian of the Year for 2025

    Christina Ryan – 2025 ACT Australian of the Year Nominee

    Carly Findlay – New Powerd podcast Access Granted explores the intersection between disability and change politics

    Christina Ryan – Revealed: who’s in line to be the ACT’s Australian of the Year for 2025

    Carly Findlay – On Why Using Facial Disfigurement As A Halloween Costume Causes ‘Hurt & Harm’

    Megan Spindler Smith – Death of 26yo woman who lived with ‘significant’ disabilities prompts call for safeguards

    Claudia Forsberg – Costumes and trick or treating draw bulk of Halloween retail spending

    Matt Warren, Megan Spindler Smith, Vicki Winfield, Shevonne Joyce, Disability Leadership Institute – Executive internship program nominated for Victorian Disability Award!

  2. DLI members in the news – September 2024

    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?

  3. DLI members in the news – May 2024

    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

     

  4. DLI Members in the news – April 2024

    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

  5. DLI members in the news – December 2023/January 2024

    Melissa Hale – Melissa Hale is changing the game for deaf women in cricket

    Lisa Stafford – Disabled Travellers Face Discrimination: Seeking Change and Redress

    Shane Hryhorec – Glenelg’s accessibility beach mats open 24/7 across the next two weeks

    Lisa Stafford – Travellers with disability often face discrimination. What should change and how to complain.

    Lisa Cox – Representation shouldn’t be rocket science (paywalled)

    Shane Hryhorec – Beaches that roll out welcome mat for the less mobile

    Caroline Bowditch – Alter State igniting hope through Disability Leadership

    Shane Hryhorec – Disability advocates call for government investment to improve Australian beach accessibility

    Lisa Cox – Diversity in advertising and the high fashion glass ceiling 

    Shane Hryhorec – First-ever all-inclusive & accessible membership-based gym opens in SA

    Shane Hryhorec – Australia’s first inclusive gym opens in Port Adelaide

     

    December 2023

    Megan Spindler Smith – CEO internship, a first of its kind learning experience for all

    Kate Taylor – Speed dating with an inclusive twist

    Gemma Smart – CAPA board passes motion removing SUPRA voting rights

    Frances Kupke- Smith – Beyond barriers: Advocate sheds light on the challenges at disability expo

    Christina Ryan – The Drum

    Akii Ngo – Birthday party part of the search for inclusivity

     

    Jane Britt – Things I wish I’d known before an emergency — Notes on the Brisbane floods from someone who’s deafblind

    Disability Leadership Institute – Disabled voices leading the national conversation

    Tricia Malowney – Kinetic invests in enhanced accessibility in Melbourne

    Carol Taylor – The rise of adaptive fashion

    Disability Leadership Institute, Christina Ryan – People with disability recognised for making an impact

    Disability Leadership Institute – ABC features stories for, by and about Australians living with disability