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  1. DLI Members in the news – August 2026

    Megan Spindler-Smith – How will the NDIS changes impact you?

    Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS reforms pass Senate, thousands to lose access by 2031

    Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS Bill Passes: Blow to People With Disability

    Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS report warns of care shortfall

    Alastair McEwin, Megan Spindler-Smith – Diversity Festival 2026 program launches: join the celebration and conversation

    Megan Spindler-Smith – 50,000 people call for Australian Human Rights Act

    Megan Spindler-Smith – ‘Left feeling like a burden’: How the government’s new NDIS changes may impact you

    Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA: A devastating day for people with disability as NDIS Bill passes

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Senate Rejects Automated Aged Care, PWDA Cautions NDIS

    Jane Britt, Megan Spindler-Smith – Disability advocates say parliament should “rip up” the new NDIS bill

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Minister bats away proposal for disability inspector-general

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Labor, Coalition set to pass NDIS bill, despite majority of submissions condemning the cuts

    Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA Criticizes Senate Nod for NDIS Bill

    Megan Spindler-Smith – ‘Devastating’ NDIS overhaul to pass after Senate inquiry tables report

    Anna Boucher – Migrant worker exploitation: Why it persists and how HR can act

    Megan Spindler-Smith – The NDIS cuts are neither reasonable nor necessary

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Push for independent disability system inspector-general

    Megan Spindler-Smith – ‘Back to work’: Labor to lock in gambling, NDIS changes

    Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS boss warns of ‘AI gold rush’ and calls for independent scheme watchdog

    Megan Spindler-Smith – “Rip it up”: PWDA urges Parliament to reject NDIS Bill and start again

    Megan Spindler-Smith – We die’: disabled voices warn against NDIS cuts

    Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS reforms to pass

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Megan Spindler-Smith Speaks at National Press Club

    Jane Britt – PWDA: Scrap NDIS Bill, Start Over

    Gemma Lucy Smart – Nothing about us, without us: Beyond the student panel

    Alastair McEwin – ‘The bill should not pass’: Australians with disability escalate fears over NDIS cuts

    Alastair McEwin – Australia can build a better disability employment system

    Megan Spindler-Smith – New Evidence Shows Gov’t Unready for NDIS Reforms

    Tim Harte – New Members Join Policy, Equity, Diversity Panels

    Jane Britt – Thriving Kids still MIA weeks from deadline

    Megan Spindler-Smith – 4,000 NDIS service providers profiting from incorrect billing practices

    Jeramy Hope – Queensland Disability Advisory Council has been vacant since August 2025

    Jeramy Hope – People don’t want to be ‘forgotten’ amid NDIS inquiry

    Anna Boucher –  Border crossing data misleadingly used in housing and migration claim

  2. DLI members in the news – June 2026

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Controversial NDIS overhaul blasted at senate probe

    Liel Bridgford – Embracing Visible Differences: A Personal Journey

    Fiona Yeang – QLS recommends more time for critical consultation on NDIS reform Bill

    Jeramy Hope – Jeramy Hope Resigns As President Of PWDA
    and

    https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/jeramy-hope-resigns-as-president-of-pwda/

    Anna Boucher – These hidden songs survived the Holocaust – and helped singers to endure their own survival

    Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS participants highlight mental tool of navigating ‘complex’ system

    Megan Spindler-Smith – ‘I do not want to go back’: NDIS cuts spark new fears

     

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Support Ends, Needs Persist for Disabled People

    Rosie Putland – Disabled young people unfairly locked out by Australia’s social media ban, CYDA warns UN delegates

    Disability Leadership Institute – Nominations for disability leadership awards

    Jane Britt – For women with disability fleeing violence, NDIS reforms are making safety harder

    Amanda Lawrie Jones – https://shedefined.com.au/career/built-in-not-bolted-on-how-amanda-lawrie-jones-is-breaking-barriers-in-travel-and-business/

    Simon Darcy – King’s Birthday honours list

    Simon Darcy – More than 900 Australians recognised in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours list

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Shelly did not attend the NDIS cut protest, Despite her fear of isolation, she couldn’t leave the house

    Jane Britt – https://open.substack.com/pub/cheekmedia/p/disability-cuts-in-the-budget-a-discussion 

    Jeramy Hope & Megan Spindler-Smith – Three disability bodies, three reads on NDIS cuts

    Megan Spindler-Smith – New NDIS laws target $3b fraud with sweeping investigator powers

    Christina Ryan – Disabled people asked to pay the price of poor management

    Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA Warns NDIS Overhaul Will Cause Widespread Harm

    Danielle Kutchel – I’m bipolar and dating – this is how it impacts my search for love

    Aaron Cotton – Marco Polo, matching housemates

    Belinda O’Connor – https://radio1rph.libsyn.com/belinda-oconnor-1rph-interview-bioptic-driving

    Belinda O’Connor – (starts at 42.00 mins) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/canberra-afternoons/afternoons/106690524

  3. DLI members in the news – April 2026

    Ebe Ganon-Davey – Tightened eligibility and cuts to plans: what the NDIS changes mean for participants

    Christina Ryan – Canberrans with disability fear NDIS changes will cut vital support – video Dailymotion

    Ebe Ganon-Davey – What do the NDIS changes mean for participants? – Newsreel

    Christina Ryan – Canberra Residents Express Concerns Over NDIS Overhaul – Oz Arab Media

    Christina Ryan – Canberrans with disability fear NDIS changes will cut vital support – ABC News

    Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS overhaul to cut 160,000 participants and tighten access – MSN

    Jane Britt – With a degenerative disability, Jane is unsure of her future. Now she’s fearful of NDIS cuts

    Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS: Health Minister Mark Butler announces significant overhaul of disability scheme

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Labor’s NDIS overhaul sparks ‘fear’ as advocates blast lack of detail – The Australian

    Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA Warns NDIS Changes May Leave People Unsupported | Mirage News

    Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS cuts threaten everyday support – Government News

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Disability community ‘scared’ by dramatic NDIS changes as government defends overhaul

    Emma Bennison and Megan Spindler-Smith – ALERT: Disability representative organisations to respond to NDIS announcement

    Emma Bennison – Organisations available for comment on the NDIS

    Ebe Ganon-Davey – Tightened eligibility and cuts to plans: what the NDIS changes mean for participants

    Megan Spindler-Smith – “Cuts to the NDIS are cuts to ordinary lives”: PWDA launches national campaign

    Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA Reacts to Passing of NDIS Safeguarding Bill 2025

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Dozens of workers with disability made redundant by award-winning charity Help Enterprises MSN

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Dozens of workers with disability made redundant by award-winning charity Help Enterprises ABC

    Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS overhaul uncertainty ‘deeply unsettling’

    Gemma Smart – CAPA Welcomes Interim Report, Highlights Opportunity to Strengthen University Governance

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Crossbench MPs warn Labor against slashing NDIS growth in budget – SMH

  4. DLI members in the news – August 2024

    Jane Britt – For a deafblind woman like me, the NDIS changes are a blow. I fear for my future.

    Cat Walker – ‘Last-minute homework vibes’: Inside Shorten’s NDIS reforms

    Megan Spindler Smith – An NDIS reform bill has passed through parliament, but disability advocates want it scrapped

    Mark Pietsch – SBS News

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA Devastated by NDIS Amendment Bill Passage

    Carol Taylor – Quadriplegic fashion designer axed from company she thought she ‘co-owned’

    Katie Kelly – The path to the Paralympics

    Disability Leadership Institute – Why employers need more data about disability in their workplace

    Debbie Heron – Appointments to the Administrative Review Tribunal and Administrative Appeals Tribunal

    Caroline Bowditch – Roadmap to Success – Learning Module 1, Finding Your Mentor

    Katie Kelly – Aspiring Olympians get help to access top level coaching

    Sarah Langston – The Deep Dive, Helping out Neurodivergent Parents through The ANPA.

    Katie Kelly – New England athletes on path to Olympics

    Lisa Stafford – Griffith awarded more than third of Future Fellowships

    Christina Ryan – The disability royal commission demanded extensive change. Are the government responses big enough?

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA Responds to Gov’s Disability Royal Commission Reply

    Lisa Cox – ABC, Netflix, Screen NSW and Unilever partner with Bus Stop Films for the Inaugural Driving Change Summit in November

    Shane Hryhorec – Travel blogger Shane Hryhorec helps wheelchair users to explore the world, but not without ‘challenges’

    Christina Ryan – Government reveals response to disability RC

    Akii Ngo – ‘My existence is a resistance’: Akii Ngo on non-tokenistic representation and intersectionality

    Yasmine Gray – Breaking barriers: Yasmine’s journey to revolutionise accessible tourism

  5. DLI Members in the news – June 2024

    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