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1 September 2022 Hello everyone, My name is Karene Gravener and I live in very sunny Townsville. Townsville is a great city, with many beautiful places to visit, Reef HQ, The Strand, the Museum of Tropical Queensland… and for an eight-kilometre ferry ride, you can make it to Magnetic Island; a wonder all on its … Read More

1 September 2022 I’m Jeni Lewington. I’m a freelance editor and I live in an over 50s resort called in Park Ridge, which is in the Logan City Council (LCC) area of southeast Queensland. I’m also a person living with a disability and, while at home I use a walker to get around, out on … Read More

Targeted Outreach Project Forum and Celebration Queenslanders with Disability Network and their project partners, QCOSS, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Network Queensland and AMPARO Advocacy held a wrap up forum and celebration of the Targeted Outreach Project. The Honorable Craig Crawford, Minister for Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait … Read More

QDN e-News Video Update – April 2022 Week 2

QDN Member – COVID-19 Update January Week 4 National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants can now use plan funds to claim for rapid antigen tests (RATs) Minister for the NDIS, Senator the Honourable Linda Reynolds CSC, announced on 24 January 2022, that eligible NDIS participants can now use core funding from their NDIS plans to … Read More

  Connecting the Dots – Young people with disability and family safety   Young people with disability Flinders University is doing research about what services can do to better help young people with disability when they experience family violence. Research hasn’t focused much on what is most important to young people. The project is focused … Read More