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29/06/2022
NSW COVID-19 News flash: Exemption for vaccine boosters further extended to 6 September 2022
NSW Health has further extended the current exemption for COVID-19 booster shots for double vaccinated workers deemed essential to providing support.
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28/06/2022
Winter Workforce Register
The NDIA is seeking qualified disability support workers to join a register to fill critical shift shortages this winter.
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27/06/2022
Renew your NDS membership before EOFY
Don’t miss your chance to renew your NDS membership before 2022-23 budgets come into effect.
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NDS Quality and Safeguards Sector Readiness Project WA
The NDS Quality and Safeguards Sector Readiness Project WA supports disability service providers in Perth metropolitan WA, to meet the requirements of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.
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Optimising your recovery from the pandemic - Orima presentation
Orima, one of Australia's largest research evaluation and data services company, presents their findings on the experiences of people with a disability and workforce sentiments throughout the pandemic.
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Victorian Disability Workforce Environment Scan
Victorian Disability Workforce Environment Scan for 2022, prepared by NDS, to support the Victorian disability sector through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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5/07/2022
NDS is hosting an interface meeting for Tasmanian providers with the Department of Communities, other relevant government departments and the disability sector.
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DES May Performance Report Webinar
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5/07/2022
NDS has conducted a detailed analysis of the performance report for May 2022 and is planning to deliver a Queensland-wide webinar to examine and discuss the results.
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ACT Disability Sector Quarterly Forum
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Woden, ACT
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6/07/2022
This forum will include presentations on the ACT Disability Strategy, SCHADS Award and pricing review plus an update and Q and A from the Office of the Senior Practitioner.
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24/05/2022
ABC News: Funding changes to NDIS behind closure of Activ worksites as families left 'devastated' by decision
Funding changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have forced WA's largest disability services provider to close its industrial worksites, according to its chief executive.
In the media
9/05/2022
Canberra Weekly: Opinion – Albanese interview backlash detracts from the real issue
As news that Anthony Albanese failed to recall NDIS policy details dominates the headlines, NDS CEO Laurie Leigh says she can’t help but feel frustration that the focus is on ‘memorisation’ over...
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26/04/2022
ABC News: NT disability support services say wait times are rising as demand for allied health grows
Mick Fallon, the NDS Northern Territory Manager, said a shortage of allied health workers meant some clients, both adults and children, had been going without treatment.
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20/04/2022
The Australian: Reviews of disability scheme will stop ‘death by a thousand cuts’
NDS welcomed the ALP's NDIS policy announcement yesterday including commitments to review cuts to plans and a review of pricing models.
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14/04/2022
ABC News: Increased demand for Queensland disability support workers is leaving people in danger
Senior Manager Karen Stace spoke with the ABC about disability workforce shortages and what service providers and NDS is requesting to meet current and future needs.
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13/04/2022
ABC 7:30—Shortage of disability workers becoming a crisis
NDS is calling for systemic change to boost the workforce, CEO Laurie Leigh told ABC's 7.30.
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22/02/2022
SBS News—New 'social scripts' make getting COVID-19 vaccines easier for children with autism
Autism advocacy body Amaze in partnership with National Disability Services and supported by the Victorian Government have created a series of social scripts about vaccination for children with autism.
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2/02/2022
ABC News - Claims disability sidelined in rapid tests race
Although there's been a widespread shortage of rapid antigen tests, disability advocates say the government process for their sector to access test kits is unworkable.
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25/01/2022
ABC Radio Perth—Response to the WA border not reopening
NDS chief executive Laurie Leigh spoke with ABC Radio in WA on Friday after Premier Mark McGowan announced the border would not reopen on 5 Feb due to low booster vaccination rates.
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24/01/2022
Canberra Times—Omicron wreaks havoc on NSW's vulnerable
People with disability have spoken out about the shortages of disability workers resulting from the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
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