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There is fierce opposition to NDIS independent assessments coming not only from the disability community, but also legal groups, medical bodies, state governments and others, according to SBS News analysis of hundreds of submissions to a parliamentary inquiry.
The submissions reveal there is also considerable concern from outside the disability sector, which has been essentially united in opposition to the reforms since they were announced in August last year.
Submissions from outside the disability community voicing concern and opposition have come from the likes of the Australian Medical Association, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, and the Queensland and Northern Territory governments.
Alleged abusers named as Nudgee Junior College scandal deepens
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Subscriber only More 20 old boys of Nudgee Junior College have come forward with fresh allegations of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of at least two Christian Brothers. Former principals Brother Michael Carthage Proctor and Brother John Regan have been identified as the chief alleged abusers of children aged 8 to 12 at the prestigious Indooroopilly boarding school in the 1960s and 1970s respectively. Jed McNamara, special counsel at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, said he expected more Brothers to be named as the number of calls from witnesses continued to climb following The Courier-Mail reporting allegations against the Catholic school on the weekend.
Prestigious boysâ school hit by child abuse allegations Allegations of child abuse have been levelled at a prestigious Catholic boysâ school, with former students urged to come forward.
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Subscriber only Allegations of child abuse have been levelled at a prestigious Brisbane Catholic boys school, with lawyers urging former students to come forward. Nudgee Junior College, renamed Ambrose Treacy College in 2015, is at the centre of a legal probe concerning young boys who attended the Indooroopilly institution from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. Principal of Ambrose Treacy College, Chris Ryan, said he was unaware of any specifics around the allegations.
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Subscriber only A Yeppoon coal miner and his wife have filed a $4.2 million lawsuit against major coal companies for damages after he contracted black lung disease in 2017. Kerry Lucas, 62, was previously a very active member of the community but now struggles for breath and to walk a short distance. The workplace injury lawsuit was filed in the Rockhampton Supreme Court last month against Workcover Queensland, Rolleston Coal Holdings, Joy Global, Ensham Resources, BM Alliance Coal Operations, BHP Coal and BHP Billton Mitsui Coal. Workcover Queensland has been listed as a successor for Eagle Engineering, which is now wound up.
They are the last words of a mother desperately trying to save her child. The last words of a trailblazing advocate for inclusion. The last words of a teacher always inspiring her community. Leonie Jackson, former CEO of the Deaf Society and born profoundly deaf, died just as she lived - bravely, heroically and selflessly. Leonie spent her final hours surrounded by loved ones as she celebrated her 50th birthday, before she tragically drowned off Congo Beach on the NSW south coast two weeks ago while trying to save her child from a deadly rip. Leonie Jackson died in a rip at Congo Beach on the NSW south coast trying to save her son. The Deaf Society posted a tribute to their Facebook page yesterday.