[dbaust] Fw: [OZAdvocacy] Media Release: Greatest area of need for people with disability left unmet by Government
- From: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 04:02:31 +0000 (UTC)
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Subject: [OZAdvocacy] Media Release: Greatest area of need for people with
disability left unmet by Government
‘Greatest area of need for people with disability left unmet by
Government’said Matthew Wright, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian
Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) and spokesperson for the
disability peaks. Responding to claims in The Australian newspaper by
Minister for Social Services, Scott Morrison that the new peaks funding
‘supports the area of greatest need’, Matthew Wright said “The department has
cut or not provided funding to the highest population groups of people with
disability in Australia’. Both the NDIS quarterly report and Disability
Support Pension (DSP) statistics show consistently that intellectual
disability, autism (also the fastest growing disability), mental illness and
physical disability are the four most prevalent types of disability. ‘All of
these groups including the National Council on Intellectual Disability, Autism
Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4), and Physical Disability Australia have not
been funded as part of this process’. Bob Buckley, Convenor of A4 said “No
other disability organisation at the national level has any effective track
record of representation or advocacy across the full spectrum of people living
with autism. People with some of the worst disability outcomes are again left
without funded support.” Support to over 200,000 Australians with a
disability will be ceased as part of the process, and any protection from
adverse action for the most vulnerable Australians will be lost’.
“Intellectual disability is consistently one of the top three primary
conditions in DSP and NDIS data” said Mark Pattison, CEO of National Council on
Intellectual Disability. We are still urgently seeking a meeting with
Minister Scott Morrison, said Matthew Wright. The disability peaks support
the push for a Senate Inquiry into the process that has led to people with
disability being left without essential support. Please direct all media
enquiries to Mr Matthew Wright on 0428 608 861. Cheryl Gration Personal
Assistant to Matthew Wright, Chief Executive Officer Australian Federation of
Disability Organisations Level 2, 247 Flinders Lane, Melb 3000 T: 03 9662
3324 M: 0419 119 066 E: Cheryl.gration@xxxxxxxxxxx Australian
Federation of Disability Organisations, the primary national voice to
Government representing the interests of people with disability in Australia.
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