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Advocacy: How Alan got the best from NDIS

November 26, 2015 by Gus Frystak

How IDRS supported Alan through applying for NDIS, getting his plan, funding and finding services that suited him. Alan hasn’t spent much time at court since.  This is his story.

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Supporting, not imprisoning, Aboriginal people with disabilities could save millions

November 13, 2015 by Gus Frystak

Most Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disability are not in prison for committing serious crimes. Research illustrates the huge cost of this practice – in both human and economic terms.

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Here’s how we can stop putting Aboriginal people with disabilities in prison

November 13, 2015 by Gus Frystak

Research shows how Australia imprisons thousands of Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disabilities each year because of a lack of understanding, and a dearth of community-based services and support.

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How Aboriginal women with disabilities are set on a path into the criminal justice system

November 5, 2015 by Gus Frystak

Aboriginal women with disabilities are set on a path into the criminal justice system Aboriginal women only make up between 2% and 3% of the Australian female population. But the […]

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Aboriginal people with disabilities get caught in a spiral of over-policing

November 5, 2015 by Gus Frystak

Police have become the default frontline response to Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disabilities. In the absence of culturally responsive and therapeutic community-based support, regular police contact from a […]

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A series of articles regarding Aboriginal people with cognitive disabilities ending up in the criminal justice system

November 4, 2015 by Gus Frystak

2 Nov 2015 – ‘Why Aboriginal people with disabilities crowd Australia’s prisons:’  The number of people in Australian prisons recently reached an all time high of 33,791, with 27% or 9,264 […]

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Why Aboriginal people with disabilities crowd Australia’s prisons

November 4, 2015 by Gus Frystak

Newsflash! Important UNSW study released this week: Indigenous Australians with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the Criminal Justice System (IAMHDCD) Project. In response to this report, the ABC’s […]

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December 12, 2017

The ConversationThree reasons Australians should be concerned that NGOs’ voices are not being heard. A healthy democracy is built on the premise that public debate should allow for many and diverse voices to be heard as part of the contest for ideas that informs policymaking. If Australians want this to be the case, the current state of play offers three reasons for concern.

December 11, 2017

Family MattersThe Family Matters Report 2017 shows the rate at which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are removed from their families continues to be an escalating national crisis. Without immediate action from all levels of government further generations of children will be lost to their families, cultures and communities. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are 9.8 times more likely to be living in out-of-home care than non-Indigenous children.

December 7, 2017

Mission AustraliaMission Australia have just released results from their 16th Youth Survey, in which 24,055 young people aged 15 to 19 took part. Young people identified mental health, alcohol and drugs and equity and discrimination as the most important issues in Australia today, with around one third of young people identifying mental health (33.7%) or alcohol and drugs (32.0%) as important issues in Australia today and almost three in ten respondents identifying equity and discrimination (27.3%) as a major issue. 

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