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DLI Members in the news – September 2026

Belinda O’Connor – Bioptic Drivers – Hope for Vision Impaired Drivers

Disability Leadership Institute – Episode 373: Navigating Diversity: Gabrielle Trenbath’s Journey in Board Governance

Rosie Putland – Wheelchair user refused taxi at Canberra’s Parliament House

Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIA slammed by Elly Desmarchelier lays bare ‘nightmare’ workforce culture

Anna Boucher – What Australia can learn from 165 years of migration data

Alastair McEwin – Progress on hold: disability reform standstill

Megan Spindler-Smith – Progress On Hold: Disability Reform Standstill

Laura Pettenuzzo – My ‘friendship cupid’ gave me connections I didn’t think were possible

Megan Spindler-Smith – Disability advocates condemn NDIS overhaul as ‘devastating’

Giancarlo de Vera – The long-awaited report that left out the key detail patients were promised

Matt Morrissey – Regional business awards celebrate inclusive champions and coastal destinations

Anna Boucher – Out of the depths: The first collection of Holocaust songs

Danielle Kutchel – Gippsland special school parents request review into historical abuse allegations

Tricia Malowney – New Resource Aids Disabled Facing Domestic Violence
DLI Members in the new May 2026

Alastair McEwin – Labor’s NDIS overhaul will leave participants more ‘isolated’ and ‘segregated’, former royal commissioner warns

Megan Spindler-Smith – People with MS concerned about losing access to NDIS as survey reveals some already don’t qualify for scheme

Anna Boucher – Federal budget 2026: Regional migrant visas cut, figures show

Haidi Badawi – La Trobe University Council election underway

Anna Boucher – Lost Holocaust songbook published in English for the first time

Megan Spindler-Smith – Advocates Unpack Sweeping NDIS Bill Changes – Mirage News

Anna Boucher – Rare Holocaust songbook translated into English – Limelight magazine

Megan Spindler-Smith – 60 cents in every dollar: what the budget’s NDIS savings mean for you

Megan Spindler-Smith – Ex-NSW Labor minister and NDIS campaigner says Albanese government can’t rush scheme changes

Megan Spindler-Smith – Butler slashes NDIS to protect ‘social licence’

Colleen Furlanetto – Local generosity sparks hope for Ruffy community

Megan Spindler-Smith – ‘Devastated’ disability community reacts to federal budget

Megan Spindler-Smith – Budget leaves people with disability paying the price for cuts to supports

Megan Spindler-Smith – Disability advocates wait for detail on NDIS overhaul

Emma Bennison, Megan Spindler-Smith – Disability Representative Organisations and Community Organisations to respond to Federal Budget and present 14,000-signature NDIS petition

Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS Reform Highlighted at PWDA National Forum

Cameron Carr – Well supported resources awards for women event

Fiona Yeang – Consultation on making courts more accessible for people with disability

Laura Pettenuzzo – NDIS Ours: Fought, Sustained, Protected Together

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

Jane Scott – Cash, gold and crypto seized in Queensland NDIS fraud probe

Colleen Furlanetto – Local wheels become a lifeline in fire recovery – Kyabram Free Press

Megan Spindler-Smith – Pensioner wants compensation after being stripped of support for four years – ABC News
DLI Members in the news – March 2026

Emma Olivier – March CEO Update

Ebe Ganon – First meeting of the National Autism Strategy Reference Group

Emma Olivier – Celebrating Women in Lifesaving Across Victoria

Ebe Ganon – New members to continue to drive Australia’s Disability Strategy forward

Colleen Furlanetto – Fodder for farmers

Colleen Furlanetto – Shirts get the conversation started

Emma Bennison – TassieCare explains NDIS profit spending on sports club

Dan Stubbs – When I was Young featuring Dan Stubbs (Apple Podcasts)

Dan Stubbs – When I was Young featuring Dan Stubbs (Spotify)

Caroline Bowditch and Morwenna Collett – How to embrace ‘radical access’ in the arts

Vaughn Bennison – Public housing tenant blocked from own backyard, as disability advocates say accessibility an ‘afterthought’

Ainslee Hooper – Driving disability inclusion for a better future

Ainslee Hooper – Driving disability inclusion for a better future

Ainslee Hooper – Driving disability inclusion for a better future

Ainslee Hooper – Driving disability inclusion for a better future

Fiona Yeang – 34 Brisbane lawyers celebrate their quarter-century in the profession

Megan Spindler-Smith – Dignity, Support Key in NDIS Reform Push

Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA Put Queer Disabled People In Focus At Mardi Gras

Jane Scott – Whistleblower warns of NDIS provider tactics to sideline ethical Support Coordinators

Laura Pettenuzzo – Celebrating Wheelchairs This International Day

Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA Marches to Highlight Queer Disabled Voices

Megan Spindler-Smith – NSW Government rejects Public Toilets Inquiry recommendations

Laura Pettenuzzo – An anthology of disabled writers

Emma Olivier – What a Difference ‘Not Being the Exception’ Makes
DLI Members in the news – February 2026

Bree Hadley – Australian’s art and disability movement is gaining new momentum

Morwenna Collett – Australia’s arts and disability movement is gaining new momentum

Gemma Smart – Postgraduate students reports higher rates of racism, CAPA calls for structural reform

Caroline Bowditch – Driving meaningful progress in assisted living tech

Alastair McEwin, Megan Spindler-Smith – Disability Royal Commission: Two-Year Wrap-Up

Ebe Ganon – Community representatives appointed to the National Autism Strategy Reference Group

Laura Pettenuzzo – Leon and Otil Clune: This was no act of love. Autism is not a justification for murder

Laura Pettenuzzo – This was no act of love. Autism is not a justification for murder

Laura Pettenuzzo – As it happened: WA news on Thursday, February 5

Colleen Furlanetto – Ruffy fire aftermath
DLI members in the news December 2025/January 2026

Anna Boucher – ‘Ten-pound Pom’ vows to boycott UK over ‘money grab’ passport changes

Colleen Furlanetto – Ruffy community determined to rebuild after Longwood bushfire destroys Victorian town

Emma Bennison – Trailblazer leads the way

Lisa Stafford – How stores fighting thieves risk putting off shoppers with disabilities and kids

Disability Leadership Institute – Celebrating our Champions of Change

Sarah Langston – Celebrating our Champions of Change Disability Leadership Institute Awards 2025

Lisa Stafford – Stores’ Anti-Theft Measures May Deter Disabled, Kids

Lisa Stafford – How stores fighting thieves risk putting off shoppers with disabilities and kids

Ainslee Hooper – Lunch celebrated inclusion and lived experience

Christina Ryan – Back to the Future for HR: Insights from the AHRI ACT State Conference

Laura Pettenuzzo – Climate crisis is threatening disabled Australians’ access to nature

Rosie Putland – New podcast Crip Culture gives voice to disabled writers navigating industry

Vaughn Bennison – Hobart launches disability access map for city

Emma Bennison – United, We Raise Standards for Fairness and Justice

Disability Leadership Institute – Advancing disability inclusion in space: reflections on the 2025 Disability Leadership Oration

Dwayne Fernandes – ABC radio to feature stories by and about Australians with disability

Disability Leadership Institute – ABC radio to feature stories by and about Australians with disability

Disability Leadership Institute – ABC marks International Day of People with Disability

Matt Morrissey – Embrace Disability Group: Changing lives, one meal at a time

Megan Spindler-Smith – Disability-Affirming Language Boosts Connection, Confidence
DLI Members in the news – September 2025

Heidi La Paglia Reid – Sydney hosts world’s largest women’s shelter conference

Morwenna Collett – MSO launches Disability Inclusion Plan

Lisa Cox – Current standard treatment of deadly sepsis ‘ineffective, envy harmful’

Katie Kelly – i did it – Register for your race bib and enter the Casino Fun Run

Laura Pettenuzzo – The leadership program building support and community for young people with cerebral palsy

Laura Pettenuzzo – Minister Butler’s NDIS language missed the mark but let’s not miss the bigger picture