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Rethink bargaining for wage growth: unions

Access to collective bargaining arrangements would help lift wages in sectors like disability and child care, the peak union body says.

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Australian Federal Police Association says jail sentence for man who killed Sue Salthouse doesn't meet community expectations

The Australian Federal Police Association says the community has been let down after a man jailed over the death of disability advocate Sue Salthouse.

ABC News

Job agency criticised for disability barista program loses contracts in shake-up

AimBig one of 52 providers to lose market share in $1bn a year Disability Employment Services program

The Guardian - AU

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I was lucky to have a great GP. Then she went on maternity leave and my healthcare fell apart

There are no coordinators to help people navigate a system designed for occasional care, rather than for chronic illness

The Guardian - AU

Investigation launched after woman died the day after leaving Blacktown Hospital

Asif Ali moved his family to Australia so that his daughter Dua, who lived with disability, would receive better treatment and have more opportunities than in Pakistan. He said that was always the case, until a trip to Blacktown Hospital in January.

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DWP: Six million people will get a £150 cost of living disability benefits payment in September and October

Disabled people claiming certain benefits will get the £150 payment soon

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New Winter Fuel Payments include £300 boost and could see people of State Pension age get £600

Older people can quickly check if they qualify for a £300 cost of living boost on top of the annual heating payments this winter.

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Who can get the £150 cost of living payment and what date will it be paid?

Around 6 million people are eligible

The Independent UK

Hollyoaks' Emily Burnett set for charity mountain climb with aunt who has learning disability

Hollyoaks actress Emily Burnett, who plays Olivia Bradshaw, is climbing Mount Snowdon with her co-stars and aunt Teresa Pope who has learning disabilities

Irish Mirror

Calls to increase 'pitiful' £150 disability cost of living payment

People with disabilities will receive a £150 lump sum in September - while other benefits claimants will receive £650 in two payments

Wales Online

Cost of living payment: how can disabled people access £150 and when is it paid?

The £150 payment is on top of the £1,200 that most benefit claimants will receive

Evening Standard

Who gets £150 disability payment as DWP confirm when it will land in bank accounts

Claimants should expect to see the payment land in their bank accounts during the autumn period this year

Manchester Evening News

All the cost of living help available and how to get the payment

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a host of new measures after criticism the government was not doing enough to address economic hardship

The Independent UK

Canberra man who killed disability advocate Sue Salthouse to be released from jail in six weeks

Mitchell Laidlaw is sentenced by the ACT Supreme Court to a two year and three month prison sentence, but will only spend three months there before serving the rest with a good behaviour order.

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DWP confirms date 6m people on disability benefits will receive £150 cost of living payment next month

People claiming certain health benefits will be paid the extra cash support automatically.

Manchester Evening News

DWP confirm date £150 disability cost of living payment will be paid

It comes on top of other cost-of-living payments totalling £650 for disabled people on low incomes

ABC News

New Australian houses might need a total redesign. Here's why some states won't change construction codes

Should newly built homes have to be accessible for frail elderly people or people with a disability?

The Independent UK

Six million disabled people to get £150 cost-of-living payment from next month

The one-off payment will be paid automatically to people who receive certain disability benefits from September 20, the DWP said.

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The Guardian - UK

Disability & Abortion: The Hardest Choice review – this intelligent documentary deserved two episodes

It’s a moving and nuanced exploration of the law on terminating pregnancies involving foetal abnormalities. But this show needed another instalment to really do justice to its topic

Wales Online

Channel 4's Disability & Abortion: Actress learns mum had 'blunt' advice about her pregnancy

Ruth Madeley was born with spina bifida

ABC News

Beyoncé, Lizzo, and the power of language: How ableist lyrics reignited a century-old discussion

As much as we all like to think we're careful with the words we choose, ableist language is pervasive and examples in pop culture are everywhere.

The Independent UK

Mad Max: Bullied boy with dwarfism Quaden Bayles lands role in new movie

The 11-year-old boy earned the support of celebrities in 2020 after he was bullied for his disability

The Independent UK

Mad Max: Bullied boy with dwarfism lands role in new movie

Quaden Bayles earned the support of celebrities in 2020 after he was bullied for his disability

Tribune News Service

Lisa Deaderick: Lizzo and Beyoncé called out for ableism in lyrics, but a white band is not. Activists say that's a problem

A couple of things are happening in the recent controversies about the use of ableist lyrics in popular music. One is the inherent and systemic ableism in our culture that normalizes the use of language that stigmatizes people with disabilities. Another is the way that the response to these recent…

Daily Record

Scottish Cup success for Bonhill pan-disability team Vale FC

The side, formed by Bonhill man Alan Skelton and school pals Connor McFall and Cameron Bonner in 2012 while at Vale of Leven Academy, took home their first ever Pan Scottish Cup in Falkirk on Sunday, August 14.

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