Introduction by Croakey: People With Disability Australia (PWDA) has called for people with a disability to be included in the management of the COVID-19 outbreak. CEO Jeff Smith has urged... Read more
As the sector digests the 1200-page Draft Report from the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Mental Health, Croakey will bring you responses to its findings and recommendations fr... Read more
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was supposed to deliver a more personalised approach to providing care and support for Australians with disabilities. Unfortunately, the reali... Read more
Colleagues, friends and admirers have rallied to support a crowdfunding campaign for Professor Chris Del Mar, an international leader in the evidence-based medicine movement who suffered a d... Read more
El Gibbs writes: The newly returned Morrison Government has, rightly, named the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as one of their key priorities for this term, naming Stuart Rober... Read more
The new Leader of the Opposition, Anthony Albanese, has made minor changes only to the shadow ministry that lost the recent election. Shorten to NDIS One big shift is the appointment of Bill... Read more
Systemic change is needed to address the wide-ranging factors affecting the community’s health, from justice and prison reform to addressing the social determinants of rural and remote... Read more
The implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Victoria had devastating consequences for many people who had previously relied on community mental health services.... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: This Friday, 3 May, the grassroots Every Australian Counts campaign that fought for the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is leading a... Read more
People living with mental illness experience much poorer physical health than others, for a range of reasons including their medications, silos between physical and mental health services, s... Read more
