The royal commission needs to be reflected in the federal budget and to consider research into the complex nature of violence and abuse as well as societal shifts in the concept of ‘disability’.
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Royal commission into violence and abuse of people with disability: terms of reference
Disability human rights expert appointed Vice Chair on UN Committee
Rosemary Kayess brings her legal and public policy expertise to the UNCRPD.
Did the NSW Coalition cut $20 million from domestic violence shelters?
RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
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Vulnerable teens
Article - Posted on 2 November 2009
Professor Saunders appointed president of FISS
Article - Posted on 24 July 2009
Professor Saunders has been appointed president of the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS)
Dr Karen Fisher to receive 2009 Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Fellowship
Article - Posted on 1 January 2009
UNSW Social Policy Researcher Dr Karen Fisher has been selected to receive a 2009 Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Fellowship.
Record number of Britons leaving Australia and heading home
In The Media - Posted on 30 November -0001
They have been dubbed "ping pong poms", the British immigrants who tire of their new life in Australia and head back to the UK, and their numbers are growing.
Tax changes to lure uni students, mums to work
In The Media - Posted on 30 November -0001
WORKING mothers and university students would be better off and the unemployed would be encouraged into jobs under tax changes included in the government's carbon package.
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