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Research

Through our research, the Commission contributes to the public debate and encourages informed policy discussion.

The Commission has a statutory mandate to conduct a program of research to support its inquiries, annual reporting and other responsibilities, including promoting community awareness and understanding of various productivity and regulatory issues.

National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum (NMHCCF) (PDF - 501k)

Submission DR960 for Disability Care And Support View full list


This should include a review of access to carer benefits, allowances and disability support trusts. ... The World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry refers to psychosocial disability as:.

Date received: 16 May 2011

Commission for Children and Young People (Joint Submission) (PDF - 107k)

Submission DR966 for Disability Care And Support View full list


Effective service provision will be dependant on local knowledge, local service capacity, informal local support networks, and linkages with state-based mainstream services. ... spent convictions legislation - cover people for a given period, rather than

Date received: 16 May 2011

FaHCSIA (PDF - 193k)

Submission DR977 for Disability Care And Support View full list


Recessions lengthen the job queue and so disproportionately affect groups near the back of that queue, of whom older disabled workers will be one. ... community supports or networks are sought out; o volunteers are encouraged to represent the interests

Date received: 16 May 2011

NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) (PDF - 525k)

Submission DR958 for Disability Care And Support View full list


The BIRP network operates to some extent on a hub and spoke model. ... loss of support, getting a job – system needs to accommodate this (e.g.

Date received: 11 May 2011

Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) (PDF - 136k)

Submission DR953 for Disability Care And Support View full list


An independent advocate would be able to assist a person to make complaints about the process of assessment. ... Give Disability Employment Services incentive not to ‘park’people who appear more difficult to place in jobs;. -

Date received: 10 May 2011

Valued Independent People (PDF - 186k)

Submission DR932 for Disability Care And Support View full list


Valued Independent People would add that they must also be tied to indexation (that is CPI plus wage fluctuation considerations etc) and that an annual review be legislated to ensure that ... Draft Recommendations 7.8 and 7.9 which recommend independent

Date received: 9 May 2011

Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW and National Ethnic Disability Alliance (PDF - 386k)

Submission DR917 for Disability Care And Support View full list


particular:. • Article 2 (c) Each State Party shall take effective measures to review governmental, national and local policies, and to amend, ... funding for delivering their services.

Date received: 6 May 2011

Perth Home Care Services (PDF - 122k)

Submission DR906 for Disability Care And Support View full list


determine what supports outside the NDIS people should be referred to, including referrals to Job Network providers and mental health services • consider what reasonably and willingly could be provided by unpaid ... The office would be headed by an

Date received: 2 May 2011

Royal Society for the Blind (RSB) (PDF - 276k)

Submission DR826 for Disability Care And Support View full list


4. The Productivity Commission review the Tier 1 structure and create a dedicated global. ... An example of this is the “Job Services Australia”employment network which is a market driven system and incorporates both Not for Profit and For Profit

Date received: 2 May 2011

Annecto - the people network (PDF - 1539k)

Submission DR827 for Disability Care And Support View full list


03) 9687 7066. 29 April 2011. annecto - the people network 81 Cowper Street Footscray Vic 3011. ... As a result Mathew’s self confidence increased immensely and he is more financially independent, leading to other opportunities in his life - such as

Date received: 2 May 2011