Author Archives: Kymberly Martin

Welcome to 2015 as it ushers in a new minister for Social Services, Scott Morrison. The minister has moved from immigration to an expanded social services portfolio that covers the […]

A new claims process for some Disability Support Pensions is now in place. As of January 1, 2015, the Treating Doctor Report is no longer part of the DSP claim […]

Brain Injury Australia has made significant changes to its business to ensure a more cost-effective company. This follows discussions late last year on possible conflicts of interests within a federated association […]

Chris Nicholls was an executive with News Limited when a motorcycle accident left him aT6 paraplegic. His experience of peer support during rehabilitation inspired him to change direction and he […]

Changes are ahead for suppliers and owners of motorised mobility devices (MMD). Speaking at the Daily Living Expo in Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology researcher, Ian Faulks, said Draft recommendations […]

Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne, wants to move forward with strategies to support students with dyslexia. Speaking at a policy roundtable in Adelaide recently, the minister said he “would like […]

This is the final newsletter for 2014 but we will be back on January 21, 2015. In this issue read about new software that could make life easier for many […]

This new software has the potential to benefit people with quadriplegia and motor neuron disease. For the first time Intel, with theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, has demonstrated a new […]

Disability activist, writer and comedian Stella Young has died suddenly. She was 32. In a statement Assistant Minister for Social Services, Mitch Fifield, described Young as a role model for […]

The latest quarterly figures includes an update on new trial sites as more people receive NDIS packages. Key points from the report as at September 2014 were: 8800 people with […]

A publication to assist community care organisations navigate the major reforms ahead will launch in January. Community Care Review, (CCR) produced by the team behind Australian Ageing Agenda, will deliver […]