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States Raise Concerns Over NDIS Bill

Media release – Jeremy Rockliff, Premier, 11 August 2024 Changes needed to NDIS Bill The Tasmanian Government is calling on Federal NDIS...

Tasmanian Response to the Disability Royal Commission 3

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Tasmanian Response to the Disability Royal Commission

Media release – Jo Palmer, Minister for Disability Services, 31 July 2024 Tasmanian Response to the Disability Royal Commission The Tasmanian Government...

Unemployment a Problem for People With Disabilities 6

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Unemployment a Problem for People With Disabilities

I applied for a job. A small job worth seven hours a week, that’s all. I did not get an interview and...

Participation Makes My Life Worth Living 8

Participation Makes My Life Worth Living 9

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Participation Makes My Life Worth Living

Participation makes my life worth living. I am a joiner … I want to belong and contribute to my community. As a...

Disability Voices Tasmania Laments Funding Uncertainty 10

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Disability Voices Tasmania Laments Funding Uncertainty

Disability Voices Tasmania is unique in that we are the only cross-disability organisation in Tasmania. Our existence, however, is now under threat....

TEC Criticised for Lack of Telephone Voting 12

TEC Criticised for Lack of Telephone Voting 13

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TEC Criticised for Lack of Telephone Voting

Statement – Disability Voices Tasmania, 4 May 2024 Voter Rights For many months, Blind Citizens Australia, Disability Voices Tasmania and other organisations...

Lack of Understanding of PWD and Injury in the Health System 14

Lack of Understanding of PWD and Injury in the Health System 15

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Lack of Understanding of PWD and Injury in the Health System

What does it really mean to be disabled and have an accident? Does mainstream medicine really understand the impact on our ability...

Voting Access Still Manifestly Inadequate 16

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Voting Access Still Manifestly Inadequate

One in 16 votes in the Tasmanian state election were invalid. Let’s address the elephant in the room here: it’s access. Our...

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Labor Releases Transport Policy

Media release – Josh Willie MLC, Shadow Transport Minister, 21 March 2024 Better transport for Tasmanians under Labor A Rebecca White Labor Government...