Melbourne legionnaires’ disease outbreak grows – as it happened
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Labor announces $371m package in response to disability royal commission – video
The Australian government has accepted or accepted in principle 130 of the 172 recommendations that the commonwealth has sole or joint responsibility for
Labor’s disability royal commission response ‘deeply disappointing’, advocates say
Government announces $371m package but disability representatives said it failed to respond to the scale of exploitation
January 2024
Inequality reporting
Larry was paid $4.20 an hour in Australia. It’s not enough to live on – but it’s completely legal
People with intellectual disability are getting hourly wages that don’t even cover their bus trips to work. Advocates believe it’s time for a radical overhaul
December 2023
After more than a decade of the NDIS, has anything changed about the way we value disabled lives?
El Gibbs
Listening to discussions about us as ‘burdens’ and ‘costs’ has been infuriating and wearying
October 2023
The trouble with royal commissions: you just never know where the recommendations are going to end up
Is it too much to ask for some action?
A 29-year wait to end segregated schooling? Australian kids with disability deserve better
Carl Thompson
My parents had to choose between prioritising my education or me getting adequate support. It wasn’t an easy decision
Neurodivergent kids ‘dumped’ from mainstream education amid debate over special schools
The disability royal commission was split in its final report over whether segregated education should be phased out from 2025
