Health

NEW data has revealed the scale of unaccompanied child homelessness in Australia, with experts warning that gaps in support services are putting young lives at…

VETERANS and their families will soon have access to support closer to home, with a location selected at 260 Brisbane Street, West Ipswich. The site,…

IPSWICH Hospital’s overstretched emergency department is set for relief, with a $9.6 million expansion of its Transit Care Centre to double capacity. The upgrade is…

AN ALCOHOL and drug treatment centre will open in Ipswich later this year. Not-for-profit organisation Lives Lived Well will operate the service under an agreement with…

THE fundamental aim of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is to improve the quality of life of people with significant and permanent disability. The…

THE Australian Human Rights Commission has released new guidelines to assist organisations and businesses to meet their legal obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act when…

THE National Disability Insurance Scheme has grown too big too fast, and its future is now at stake, according to the findings outlined in a…

STORIES of the life-changing difference NDIS funding has made for individuals and their families are shared on the scheme’s website. One of the recent stories…

CHANGES to how people with disability receive their funding began in late May this year and are being gradually rolled out. The changes, according to…

AUTISM is the most common disability for people involved in the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Of the 717,000 participants in the NDIS, 38 percent were…