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  1. 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

  2. DLI Members in the news – October 2025

    Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA, Experts Urge NSW Human Rights Act Inquiry

    Tim Harte – Inspiring vie for 2026 Australian of the Year

    Tim Harte – Local wildlife carer Susan Moor in running for Australian of the YEar Local Hero Award

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Human Rights Bill introduced in NSW Parliament

    Karen Hedley – Not just another flu, COVID-19 complacency risks lives

    Caroline Bowditch – Australia launches first national Disability Arts archive

    Anna Boucher – False citizenship claims promote anti-immigration rally

    Bree Hadley – Australia launches first Disability Arts archive

    Bree Hadley –  Historic first: New disability arts archive celebrates 50 years of creativity and change

    Bree Hadley – Website Chronicles Five Decades Of Disability Arts In Australia

    Ebe Ganon – Frustration mounts among Qantas customers as personal data released on dark web

    Ebe Ganon – Qantas data breach sparks outrage as millions’ records hit dark web

    Cain Beckett – Loud thanks for our quiet heroes: ACT salutes its carers

  3. DLI Members in the news – April 2025

    Christina Ryan – ‘As critical today as it was in 1975’: a nod to the women who protect us

    Tea Rundback – Hidden Disability Sunflower Podcast

    Wendy Hill & Yenn Purkis – Changing the world with DLI CEOs

    Gemma Smart – Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained

    Scott Avery, Christina Ryan, Disability Leadership Institute – Scott Avery has devoted his life to breaking down barriers for people with disability

    Gemma Smart – Remembering Khanh Tran: How Activists Won the Fight for a Disabilities Room on Campus

    Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA Launches Election Platform to Secure Progress for People with Disability

    Meagan Shand – Interview with Meagan Shand for International Day of People with Disability 2024

    Laura Pettenuzzo – How ‘pebbling’ helping me maintain my friendships

    Vaughn Bennison – Call to make landlords recognise assistance animals as Guide Dogs’ equals

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Disability Group Warns Against NDIS Cuts

    Megan Spindler-Smith – Disability Advocates Warns Against NDIS Cuts

    Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA: Disability Support Funding Begins, But Gaps Remain

  4. DLI Members in the news – February 2025

    Shane Hryhorec – No more excuses in bid to boost beach access for all

    Caroline Bowditch – On the move: latest arts sector appointments

    Ryan Smith – Contributor: Ryan Smith

    Yenn Purkis – Spreading empathy through interactive training

    Katie Kelly – Mayor Tom Tate responds to fresh calls for ocean pools on the Gold Coast

    Megan Spindler-Smith – NDIS Reforms Tighten, States Abandon Disabled

    Ryan Smith – The future of accessibility is personal

    Shane Hryhorec – Aussie council’s major crackdown amid common e-bike gripe: ‘Huge issue’

    Caroline Bowditch – New works wanted: Melbourne Fringe Festival announces major commission opportunities for 2025

    Emma Bennison – Tasmanian blind woman felt ‘abandoned’ in Melbourne Airport by staff, calling for better disability support

    Emma Bennison – Statement – Jetstar and Emma Bennison

    Emma Bennison – Jetstar to improve passenger service after blind passenger left stranded in airport lounge

    Emma Bennison – Discusses recent experience with Jetstar

    Christina Ryan – Australia’s Leaders Unite to Launch International Women’s Month with UN Women Australia

    Christina Ryan – Albanese and Dutton speak on gender equality ahead of International Women’s Day

    Megan Spindler-Smith – PWDA condemns QLD Govt’s Trans Health Ban

    Heidi La Paglia – NAS – ABC Drive Hobart Radio

    Emma Bennison – Festivale, artificial intelligence applications

    Lisa Cox – QUT Community Recognised with National Honours

  5. DLI Members in the news – December 2024

    Caroline Bowditch – 2024 Sidney Myer Creative Fellows Announced

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA Welcomes National Action Plan For LGBTIQA+ Health And Wellbeing, Calls For Strong Implementation

    Shane Hryhorec – Video Podcast: The fight for disability rights on flights

    Shane Hryhorec – ‘Sky is the limit’: the untapped potential of accessible tourism in Australia

    Katie Kelly – Parker’s Paralympic Gold Leads Aussie Triathlon’s Night of Nights

    Katie Kelly – Historic Champions Jacobs and Kelly Join Triathlon’s Greatest

    Matt Warren – Awards Celebrate Victorian Work On Disability Inclusion

    Shane Hryhorec – ‘Enough is enough’, say aviation disability advocates

    Kat Reed – Our Lives,Our Voices – shaping the future through voice, power, identity and self-direction.

    Shane Hryhorec – Govt Must Ensure Disabled Airline Access, Not Airlines

    Shane Hryhorec – ‘Enough is enough’: Disability advocates call for air travel to be more accessible

    Kat Reed – DISABILITY FOUNDATIONAL WORK NEEDS COMMUNITY FUNDING

    Alastair McEwin, Megan Spindler Smith – Voice Of Our Own Online National Conference

    Megan Spindler Smith – Outback beekeeper looks to hire NDIS clients

    Emma Bennison – Meet the recipient of the Lesley Hall Lifetime Achievement Award

    Morwenna Collett – Musically able: music from composers and performers with disability connected to Sydney

    Simon Darcy – Are airlines failing in their duty of care to people with disabilities?

    Christina Ryan – Why aren’t there more disabled people in leadership roles?

    Disability Leadership Institute – Breaking barriers: Elevating disability leadership for a more inclusive future

    Kat Reed – COMMUNITY TAKES DISABILITY DAY LEAD

    Carly Findlay – “Resilience and strength”: IDPwD highlights value disabilities

    Emma Bennison, Disability Leadership Institute – SBS midday news bulletin

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

    Disability Leadership Institute – Enhancing disability representation in leadership

    Emma Olivier – Why we need more people with disability in leadership

    Gemma Smart – International Day of Persons with Disabilities: community and action

    Carly Findlay – Sensitivity readers: why do we need them?

    Sarah Langton – What does the future hold for the NDIS – and its participants?

    Disability Leadership Institute – Deaf defying: disability leadership as an act of resistance — with Dr Scott Avery
    The Disability Leadership Oration

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA Urges Gov’t to End ADEs After Rapporteur Call

    Shane Hryhorec – Traumatic reason Aussie passenger ‘will never cruise’ with MSC again

  6. 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!