News and Events
The Rudd Government will introduce legislative amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act in the Spring sittings of Parliament to implement recommendations made by the Productivity Commission in its 2004 review of the Act.
A great day for Australians with disability, but there is still much to achieve. HREOC announces that Australia has become a party to the international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and called for governments to act to make the rights in the Convention a reality.
Scottish students with disabilities have helped overturn a planned ban on an indispensable exam aid, which would have affected thousands of their fellow learners.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is December 3 and this years theme is: "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Dignity and justice for all of us".
The sad news of the untimely death of Associate Professor Christopher Newell was announced yesterday, 24 June, 2008
A record $50 million increase in funding for disability services in Tasmania will drive significant system wide reforms over the next four years.
The Department of Education is undertaking community consultation in developing an action plan to improve opportunities and outcomes for people with disabilities. Submissions from people who want to contribute to the development of the department’s Disability Action Plan close 4 July, 2008.
The National Vocational Education and Training (VET) Disability Advisory Taskforce (NVDAT) is conducting a feasibility study on the efficacy of developing a Study Access web site to provide a one-stop-shop to improve access to vocational education and training for people with a disability.
The Australian Autism Education and Training Consortium (AAETC) has been awarded the $11.3 million contract to deliver the education component of the $190 million Helping Children with Autism package.
Graeme Innes, Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner has released a statement for International Day of People with Disabilities (Monday 3 December 2007).