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- Category: Advocacy
- Category: COVID-19
- ABC News story – The impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities
- Just announced – COVID-19 Webinar for People with Disability TOMORROW Thursday 20 January
- QDN Member – COVID-19 Update
- It is an important time to get your COVID-19 vaccinations or booster doses.
- Holiday season greetings
- COVID-19 Update – December 2021 Week 3
- Mandatory Vaccination is Being Introduced for Queensland’s Disability Workforce
- Queensland Health Information and factsheets: Vaccination Opportunities for People with Disability
- Preparation for open borders
- Covid-19 Vax-a-thon week
- Stage 2 Covid-19 restrictions lifting this afternoon
- COVID Conversations – Vaccinations for people with disability
- Call for urgent action for vaccination rollout for people with disability.
- COVID-19 restrictions update
- Three day lockdown for parts of Queensland
- Commonwealth Government update
- NEW – Vaccinations for aged care and disability care workers
- Latest COVID-19 Vaccination news
- Latest COVID-19 vaccination information – bookings have opened throughout Queensland
- Media Release: 99.5% of Queenslanders with disability still waiting for their priority 1a vaccinations
- Know Your Rights Guide for people with disability to get the hospital care they need during COVID-19
- Three day COVID lockdown from 5pm Monday 29 March 2021
- Yarning Circles -Hervey Bay and Maryborough
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Greater Melbourne Region Lockdown 12 February 2021
- Covid-19 update and call to support Building Better Homes campaign
- How to follow the new rules & safely wear a mask
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Greater Brisbane Region Lockdown 11 January 2021
- e-blast: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Latest information on Greater Brisbane Region Lockdown 8 January 2021
- e-blast: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Greater Brisbane Region Lockdown 8 January 2021
- e-blast: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Public Health Directions 6 January 2021
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Public Health Directions December 2020
- e-Blast: Tenants Queensland COVID-19 Tenant/Resident Support and Analysis Project.
- e-Blast: COVID Conversations: Free webinars for Queenslanders with disability and their supporters
- Media Release: New resources for Queenslanders with disability to assist them during COVID to get the hospital care they need
- e-Blast: Virtual Forum Series for people with disability: COVID Conversations #2
- e-Blast: COVID testing and mask wearing: what do people with disability and their supporters need to know?
- e-Blast: Chief Health Officer Directive 22 August 2020 – Effective from 8am Saturday 22 August 2020
- e-Blast: Restrictions lifted for Queensland aged care facilities
- e-Blast: An important COVID-19 Update: What do the new Border Restrictions (no. 11) mean to people with disability?
- e-Blast: Latest Queensland Health COVID-19 update – 31 July 2020
- e-Blast: JobSeeker payment to be reduced
- e-Blast: COVID-19 update: Stage 3 easing of restrictions from Friday 3 July
- e-Blast: QDN Office re-opening 6 July
- e-Blast: Some temporary COVID-19 NDIS policies ending from 1 July
- e-Blast: COVID-19 new rules from 1 June explained
- e-Blast: Easing COVID-19 Restrictions Update
- Helping Queenslanders and people with disability stay connected during COVID-19.
- Easing Queensland’s Restrictions – What we can do now and stage 1
- E-Blast: COVID-19 Updates: Some Restrictions Easing and New Support for Renters
- Factsheet: Supporting people with disability through COVID-19; Understanding Queensland Public Health Directions
- e-Blast: Changes to help NDIS participants during COVID-19
- Emergency Relief – where you can go
- Public Health Direction regarding Home Confinement, Movement and Gathering
- New COVID-19 rules explained in easy english
- QDN continues to roll out COVID-19 resources for people with disability
- Media Release: QDN launches new individual COVID-19 planning resource for people with disability
- e-Blast: COVID-19 – Queensland border restrictions
- e-Blast: Changes to free food distributions and services as at 23 March 2020
- e-Blast: Local Government Election – voting open now and phone voting available
- E-Blast to QDN Members – COVID-19 Resources for Queenslanders with Disability
- E-Blast: New Measures to support NDIS participants and providers through COVID-19
- e-Blast: Latest update on COVID-19. New announcements as of 23 March 2020
- e-Blast: An Update from the CEO
- e-Blast: Eligible lower income Australians to receive one-off stimulus payment
- MEDIA RELEASE: People with disability call for urgent action in COVID-19 response
- e-Blast: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information for QDN Members (09 March 2020)
- Bi-monthly Update – November 2019
- Category: Digital Inclusion
- Category: Disability policy
- Category: Disaster and Emergency
- Category: e-Bulletin
- QDN e-Bulletin Update December 2021
- QDN e-Bulletin Update September 2021
- QDN e-Bulletin Update July 2021
- QDN e-Bulletin Update May 2021
- QDN e-Bulletin Update March 2021
- February 2021 QDN e-bulletin
- QDN E-Bulletin Update November 2020
- QDN E-Bulletin Update – July 2020
- QDN E-Bulletin Update May 2020
- QDN e-Bulletin Update April 2020
- Bi-Monthly Update – September 2019
- Bi-Monthly Update – July 2019
- Bi-Monthly Update – May 2019
- Bi-monthly update – March 2019
- Bi-Monthly Update – January 2019
- Bi-monthly Update – November 2018
- Bi-monthly Update – September 2018
- Bi-monthly Update July 2018
- Bi-monthly update – May 2018
- Bi-Monthly Update March 2018
- Bi-Monthly Update – January 2018
- Category: Events
- Category: General
- Connecting the Dots: understanding the DFV experiences of children and young people with disability within and across sectors
- Sunnybank Peer Support Group return to face-to-face meetings with a change of name – Brisbane South Peer Support Group!
- Gympie Peer Support Group October meeting – Getting ready for an emergency or disaster
- Media Release: Disability inclusive and disaster resilient Queensland Communities: Toolkit and Resource Showcase
- QDeNgage Disability Awareness Training
- Category: General News
- Every Australian Counts
- QDN Advocacy statement – Rights and respect in multi-agency provision in the NDIS
- QDN’s Disability Action Week Event – Driving workforce diversity, inclusion, and innovation
- New Submission – The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment Bill 2021
- Media Release: Targeted Outreach Project rolls out in Brisbane and Gold Coast
- Caboolture Peer Support Group focuses on the NDIS
- Targeted Outreach working with Wesbro Services
- Inquiry into Independent Assessments – Final Report Tabled
- QLD Human Rights Commission – Review of Queensland’s Anti-Discrimination laws
- Young People In Residential Aged Care Systems Coordinator Program
- Information session for parents with intellectual disability
- Queensland Health ‘for the love of’ Covid vaccine campaign
- Targeted Outreach Project Local Champions and QDN staff attending Mental Health Week Events
- Have your say: Help Transport and Main Roads (TMR) assess how accessible and inclusive their services, products, information and infrastructure are for customers.
- Media Release: COVID-19 vaccinations for people with disability
- Peer Support Groups join Redcliffe Sunday Markets
- Media Release: Queenslanders with Disability Network launches new website.
- Get Ready, Plan Ahead project launch
- COVID-19 update September 2021
- Targeted Outreach Project continues to rollout across new regions
- Media Release: Targeted Outreach Project rolls out in new regions today
- Covid Conversation Discussion Summary now available
- Gympie Peer Support Group are helping people with disability prepare for emergencies
- QDN Sunshine Coast Peer Support Group meeting
- Emerging Leaders workshop – 18 August 2021
- Meet Angela Kalantzis and Martin Broad– QDN Emerging Leaders
- Good things happen when a QDN Peer Support Group and local councillor come together
- New Peer Support Group coming to Redcliffe
- QDNY youth group finds out the why, what, and where for COVID-19 vaccinations
- Date Claimer – QDN E-Scooter Forum
- Vaccination Update
- Upcoming Peer Support Group meetings
- NDIS Consultations
- Plan to Introduce Independent Assessments “Will not Proceed”
- Making Rent Fair campaign
- Current NDIS consultation papers
- NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits for 2021-22
- COVID-19 restriction update – 2 July 2021
- Media Release: It’s time for Queensland renters to be given a fair go
- Summary Queensland State Budget 2021-22
- NDIS Plan flexibility and budget planning
- Media Release: Queensland’s message on NDIS Reforms are clear – one size doesn’t fit all so pause, reset and co-design
- Brief Snapshot of the 2021 Federal Budget
- Fitting providers together in your NDIS support puzzle
- Caboolture Peer Support Group
- Media Release: QDN welcomes new minimum housing accessibility standards.
- Targeted Outreach Project – where are we now?
- Independent Assessments rollout to be paused
- Open letter to Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds, Minister for National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services
- MEDIA RELEASE: Housing crisis by design
- Meet our Emerging Leaders 2021
- Stand with us! Queensland disability advocacy matters
- Palaszczuk Government commits to continued funding for advocacy support – 23 March 2021
- POSITION TITLE: Executive & Project Support Officer
- Stand with us! Rally for Queensland disability advocacy – Rockhampton.
- Stand with us! Rally for Queensland disability advocacy – Brisbane.
- Have your say – Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- NDIA Announces successful organisations for delivering the Independent Assessments
- Stand with us! Disability advocacy matters.
- Ways to stay in touch with QDN
- Update on QDN’s Facebook page
- New Disability Worker Screening Clearance
- Peer Support Group Updates
- We are calling on QDN members to help build better homes for all Australians
- We’ve been talking a lot about Independent assessments, and we aren’t stopping just yet.
- e-Blast: QDN’s Final Policy Update for 2020
- International Day of People with Disability December 2020
- e-Blast: Summary of the Queensland State Budget 2020-21
- e-Blast: Update on “Independent Assessments”
- e-Blast: Central station upgrades – lifts closed from 30 November 2020.
- e-Blast: New Easy Read Residential Tenancy Information Sheets
- e-Blast: QDN summary of plan for NDIS “Independent Assessments”
- e-Blast: The Australian Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources to review Disability (Access to Premises – Building) Standards 2010.
- e-Blast: Disability Royal Commission extended to 2023 and Interim Report released
- 2020 State Election: Responses from the political parties
- Last chance to register for the Make Disability Count: 2020 State Election Virtual Forum
- e-Blast: ‘My Disability Matters’ QDN 2020 State Election Platform and Advocacy Kit now available
- e-Blast: New Targeted Outreach Project Local Champions videos launched
- e-Blast: Jobs at QDN
- e-Blast: Urgent feedback sought on the impacts of accessible housing – adults with mobility limitation
- e-Blast: National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP) opportunity
- e-Blast: New parking reforms announced that will benefit Queenslanders with disability
- e-Blast: Call for Expressions of Interest for QDN Board of Directors
- E-Blast: Vale Philia Polites
- e-Blast: QDN Board Director Sharon Boyce appointed to NDIS Independent Advisory Council
- e-Blast: More choice and flexibility with Specialist Disability Accommodation
- e-Blast: Information for Brisbane bus users
- e-Blast: Research assistant job for person with intellectual disability at Mater: EASY Health Project (Brisbane based)
- e-Blast: Open letter to QDN members and supporters
- e-Blast: QDN Members acknowledged in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020
- e-Blast: NDIS Price Guide 2020-21
- e-Blast: NDIS Targeted Outreach Program
- e-Blast: Taxi subsidy scheme extended until end of October 2021
- E-blast: SIL report supports QDN recommendations
- e-Blast: New Everyday Practice Resources Now Available Online
- Project Officer – Engagement and Capacity Building
- Renting in Queensland Reforms
- e-Blast: Helping more Queenslanders with Disability join the NDIS
- Media Release: QDN welcomes new minimum housing accessibility standards.
- Have your say
- QDN Seeking Applications for Operations Manager
- Qld Rental Tenancy Reforms
- e-Blast Member Update: Joint Standing Committee (JSC) on the NDIS: NDIS Planning Interim Report
- Call to action: QDN Local Support Group Convenors call for your support of the tenancy reforms
- Rob supports Queensland’s tenancy law reforms
- Safe and happy holidays from QDN
- Your support of proposed Tenancy Reforms is important – Act Now!
- e-Blast: QDN Celebrates International Human Rights Day and looks forward to the Human Rights Act commencing in Queensland from 1 January 2020
- e-Blast: New Toolkit and Framework to help deliver more inclusive responses for people with disability in disaster
- QDN Local Support Groups videos launched
- eBlast: NDIA Information about the Annual NDIS Price Review 2020-2021
- QDN Member eBlast: Important NDIS Announcements
- QDN Member eBlast: Renting in Queensland
- QDN Annual General Meeting 2019
- E-Blast: Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability (Disability Royal Commission)
- Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety interim report
- E-Blast: Member update on Disability Royal Commission and Aged Care Quality and Safety interim report
- Why Come Along To A Local Support Group?
- Member e-Blast: Disability Royal Commission to hold first Public Hearing in Townsville
- e-Blast: Support services announced for the Disability Royal Commission
- Member E-Blast: New CEO for National Disability Insurance Agency
- Local Group Convenor Meets Prime Minister to Discuss NDIS
- Reports to the CRPD Committee on Australia’s lack of Accessible Housing
- The Disability Royal Commission: Townsville Community Forum & Brisbane First Public Sitting
- eBlast: Summary of First Hearing of Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability held on Monday 16 September 2019
- Brisbane and Gold Coast Hot Topics connect with self-advocates from Canada
- Member update: 2019 Review of the NDIS Act and NDIS Participant Service Guarantee
- Member E-Blast: Royal Commission Update
- E-Blast: Royal Commission Update: Managing Conflicts of Interest
- Member Update: Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Exploitation and Neglect
- 2019 QDN member survey – have your say!
- QDN Member Update: Four Commissions explained
- E-Blast: QDN Member Update
- 2019-2020 Price Guide Released
- QDN’s Peer Advocacy Project ends 30 June – having delivered to over 1,000 Queenslanders with Disability
- E-Blast: QDN Member Update – State Budget 2019
- QDN’s Peer to Peer Advocacy Project video
- Shaping the future of disability policy for 2020 and beyond – Public Survey – Closing 10 June
- Member Update National Disability Insurance Agency January-March 2019 Quarterly report – Queensland Statistics
- Member update: Morrison’s Coalition Government returns to power after weekend election win
- MEDIA RELEASE: Member Update – Taxi subsidy to continue post 30 June for another year
- 2019 Federal Election: Disability policies from the Parties
- QDN Member Profile – Paul Larcombe
- QDN welcomes ALP commitment to fund remote housing in Queensland and calls on the Liberal Party to do the same
- MEDIA RELEASE: Local Dickson candidates to attend ‘Disability Matters’ community forum today
- E-Blast: QDN 2019 Federal Election Advocacy Kit
- QDN’s 2019 Federal Election Policy Platform
- Member update – Commissioners for Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability Form Federal Court judge Ronald Sackville AO Q
- E-Blast: Royal Commission Terms of Reference Reminder
- Royal Commission Draft Terms of Reference Released and Open for Comment
- E-BLAST: Contact numbers for urgent assistance in flood recovery
- E-Blast: Closure of Halwyn Centre at Red Hill
- E-Blast: ILC Investment Strategy
- E-Blast: The Public Advocate 2018 Report and Summary
- Season’s Greetings from QDN
- NGR trains to be accessible for all Queenslanders
- International Day of People with Disability 2018
- QDN Board elections 2018
- e-Blast: My Health Record – make your decision by 15 November
- E-Blast: Human Rights Bill introduced to Queensland Parliament
- E-Blast: Queensland renters deserve the right to have a place to call home – make renting fair!
- Member Feedback Sought: Third Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (Transport Standards)
- Member Update: Have your say – Reshaping the Disability Services Act 2006
- Open Doors to Renting Reform
- E-blast: Toowoomba community comes together for the Changing Lives, Changing Communities forum
- Deception Bay LSG ‘Out and About in Our Community and Beyond Expo’
- E-Blast: Vale Mike Duggan
- QDN welcomes Royal Commission into Aged Care
- E-Blast: Launch of QDN Hot Topics Digital Stories at Griffith Film School, Southbank as part of Disability Action Week
- Disability Action Week
- Every Australian Counts Make it Work: NDIS forums in Queensland during September
- My Health Record update
- Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (QAI) Forum – Violence against people with disabilities in their homes
- NOTICE FROM COMPANY SECRETARY
- Feedback sought: emerging members’ issues around MASS
- CALL for EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI) from QDN Members wishing to nominate for election to the QDN Board of Directors
- Changing Lives, Changing Communities
- MEDIA RELEASE: ACCC Report shines spotlight on needs of energy consumers
- Member Update: NDIA information about the latest Price Guide
- 2018-2019 State Budget
- Member Update: NDIA information on latest Price Guide
- Supported School Transport and National Disability Insurance Scheme Forums
- Australian Government Federal Budget 2018-2019
- New NDIA sites in Brisbane area
- Summary Report from Commonwealth Ombudsman on the NDIA’s handling of reviews
- Social Media tips from Nigel Webb; Digital Champion
- MEDIA RELEASE: FEDERAL BUDGET 2018
- QDN and QCOSS successful ILC Grant – Changing Lives, Changing Communities
- Social Media Tips from Nigel Webb, Digital Champion
- QDN and QCOSS successful ILC Grant – Changing Lives, Changing Communities
- Letters from Department of Communities, Disability Services, and Seniors re NDIS
- NDIA letters to potential NDIS participants
- QDN officially opens new premises and launches Getting on the NDIS Grid targeted strategies project story
- Going for Gold: Accessible, Affordable Housing Now launch
- Category: Jobs and education
- Category: Media releases
- MEDIA RELEASE: We all want a sustainable and viable NDIS but mandatory independent assessments are not the way
- QDN CALLS FOR QUEENSLANDERS WITH DISABLITY TO BE PART OF A NEW EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM THIS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABLITY
- Media Release: QDN welcomes Minister O’Rourke’s launch of ‘Creating Inclusion: Enabling Adventure’ Digital Story
- Media Release: QDN supports the Renting in Queensland Reforms
- MEDIA RELEASE: QDN welcomes Disability Reform Council measures to improve provision of transport under the NDIS
- MEDIA RELEASE: QDN 2019 Federal Election Platform
- Media Release: Federal Budget 2019-2020
- Media Release: QDN welcomes bi-partisan support for Royal Commission into abuse and neglect and urges Government to act now
- MEDIA RELEASE: Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Reforms to improve choice, inclusion and control for Queenslanders with disability
- MEDIA RELEASE: New report from Productivity Commission calls for reforms to deliver on national outcomes and inclusion for all people with disability
- MEDIA RELEASE: Action to address the abuse, violence and neglect of people with disability
- MEDIA RELEASE: FEDERAL BUDGET 2018
- Category: Members Stories
- Category: NDIS
- Category: Peer Support
- Category: Transport