Contact list for federal parliamentarians
Download this Excel spreadsheet for contact details for federal Members of Parliament and the Senate (June2019)
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
CapTel axed from National Relay Service
The Commonwealth Government has awarded American company, Concentrix Services a contract to deliver the National Relay Service (NRS). One of the first things Concentrix is contracted to do is to shut down the CapTel handset service on 1 February 2020. What is CapTel captioned telephone? It works like any other telephone with one important addition: […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
School to Work
Inclusion Australia invites parents and teachers of school leavers with intellectual disability to hear about School Leaver Employment Supports funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Source: Inclusion Australia
Website survey: tell us what you think
Down Syndrome Australia is working with the state and territory Down syndrome associations to build a new national website. We would like to ask you a few questions so that we can build a new site that meets your needs. Would you complete this three-minute survey and tell us what you think? There is also an Easy Read version of this survey.
Source: Down Syndrome Australia
New provider for the National Relay Service
The Commonwealth Government has awarded the contract to deliver the National Relay Service (NRS) to a global business services company, Concentrix Services. Concentrix will deliver the NRS for 3 years from 1 October 2019. The new contract maintains the current funding levels for the NRS at $22 million per year, which Deafness Forum and others […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
A positive meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison
People with disability and family members talked with Prime Minister Scott Morrison today about what’s working and what’s not working with the NDIS.
Source: Inclusion Australia