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Disability Law Queensland

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3622 1250

Address: 40 Finsbury Street Newmarket 4059 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: https://dlq.org.au/

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24.01.2022 Qld to have euthanasia system by May 2021. Queenslanders living with chronic pain or terminal illness will be legally able to die at a time of their choosing from May 2021 after the state completed a review of legalising euthanasia. Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman tabled the Queensland Law Reform Commission's review in state parliament on Wednesday, more than two months before it was due on May 10. For more information follow this link: https://www.northerndailyleader.com.a...u//qld-to-have-eutha/ @disabilitylawqld @northerndailyleader #changes #headlines #disabilitylawqueensland #lawchanges2021 #queensland #queenslandparliament #annastaciapalaszczuk #queenslandlawreform

22.01.2022 Have you had your say? The Department of Social Services is creating The Disability Gateway. This is a website with key information that will assist people with disability and their family, friends and carers to access the support they need. They are asking for feedback on how the final version of their website should look. ... You can take the 5 minute survey and tell them what you think by clicking here https://bit.ly/3nCfFoj #haveyoursay #disabilitygateway #disabilitylawqueensland #supportingourcommunity #dlq

21.01.2022 More than 1,000 Australians with cognitive disability are detained indefinitely each year. It needs to stop. This week, the royal commission into the violence, abuse and neglect of people with disability began holding hearings on a shameful subject that has long been neglected: the indefinite detention of people with cognitive impairments and/or mental illness in our criminal justice systems. In common law, this unfitness test is based on whether the accused has sufficient ...mental or intellectual capacity to understand the proceedings and make an adequate defence. Read the full article: https://www.sbs.com.au//more-than-1-000-australians-with-c @disabilitylawqld @sbsnews_au #disabilityrights #humanrights #unitednations #sbsnewsaustralia #awareness #commonlaw #cognitivedisabilityawareness #DisabilityRoyalCommission #disabilitylawqld Disability Law Queensland SBS News

21.01.2022 Disability, domestic violence a 'catch 22' as Indigenous children removed from mothers, royal commission hears. The disability royal commission has heard the child protection system is stacked against Indigenous women living with disability. Read the full article: https://www.abc.net.au//disability-domestic-viole/12915728... #awareness #disabilityawareness #indigenouscommunityawareness #disabilitysupport #disabilitylawqueensland #disabilityroyalcommission See more

21.01.2022 Disability service providers used unauthorised restraints, such as locking people in their homes and administering potentially harmful sedatives, on people in the NDIS more than 300,000 times in the previous financial year. A report quietly released by the NDIS watchdog in late September, which for the first time provides a detailed picture of the use of restraint against people with disabilities across the country, showed 177,611 of the 302,690 unauthorised restrictive pract...ices involved chemical restraint the controversial use of sometimes-harmful psychotropic medication to sedate or control clients. Read the full article https://www.theage.com.au//ndis-participants-subjected-to- #humanrights #disability #ndis #reportreleased #law #disabilitylawqueensland #restrictivepractices #advocacy

19.01.2022 $35 million plan to get young people with disabilities out of aged care and into their own homes The first phase will include new homes in Toowoomba, Bundaberg, Sunshine Coast, Ipswich, Gold Coast and Townsville, targeting areas of growing need. Read the full article: https://www.abc.net.au//endeavour-foundation-tack/12891766... #housingforpeoplewithdisabilities #disabilitylawqueensland #dlq #homes #ndis #supportingthecommunity See more

19.01.2022 Information for people with disability about the Covid-19 vaccines Please follow this link for more information: https://www.health.gov.au//information-for-people-with-dis @disabilitylawqld @queenslandhealth #disabilitysupport #disability #information #disabilitylawqueensland #dlq #supportingourcommunity #australiangovernmentdepartmentofhealth @department_of_health

16.01.2022 Celebrating NAIDOC week - Always Was, Always Will Be Always Was, Always Will Be. recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia’s first explorers, first navigators, first engineers, first farmers, first botanists, first scientists, first diplomats, first astronomers and first artists. ... NAIDOC 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the true history of this country a history which dates back thousands of generations. For more information please follow this link: https://www.naidoc.org.au/get-involved/2020-theme #naidocweek2020 #respectourcultures #supportingourcommunity #disabilitylawqueensland #humanrights

16.01.2022 Human Rights Month is an annual campaign run by the Commission to highlight the importance of protecting and promoting human rights. It runs from 10 November each year, culminating on International Human Rights Day on 10 December. Human Rights Month 2020 is our first Human Rights Month with legislated human rights protections, after Queensland's Human Rights Act 2019 came into full effect on 1 January 2020. This year, our Human Rights Month work will focus on helping the com...munity understand their rights under the Act. Follow the link for resources: https://www.qhrc.qld.gov.au/resour/human-rights-month-2020 #humanrights #disabilitylawqueensland #humanrightsmonth2020 #supportingourcommunity

15.01.2022 Disability Law Queensland’s office is closing from 19th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021 for the Season Holidays We would like to wish you all a very safe and Merry Christmas #disabilitylawqueensland #dlq #seasonsgreetings #merrychristmas2020

14.01.2022 Today is International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality. International Women’s Day has occurred for well over a century, with the first International Women’s Day gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, International Women's Day belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. International Women’s Day i...s not country, group or organisation specific. Women empowering women For more information: https://iwda.org.au/take-action/international-womens-day/ @disabilitylawqld #iwd2021 #internationalwomensday2021 #womensupportingwomen #womensrightsarehumanrights

12.01.2022 Government called in private law firms to fight a third of NDIS cases, figures show people with disabilities increasingly facing off against lawyers from top private firms. The agency running the national disability insurance scheme has called in private law firms in a third of all cases it has been forced to defend at the administrative appeals tribunal (AAT), amid a large increase in its overall legal bill. Read the full article: https://www.theguardian.com//government-ca...lled-in-private- #ndis #legal #dlq #aat #disabilitylawqueensland #disability

12.01.2022 In our education system, children and young people with disability are not always welcome at their local school with their non-disabled peers, and are unable to access the supports and adjustments for an equitable education. Segregated systems are often justified by low expectations of people with disability and ableist ideas about what is ‘in our best interests’, but it’s important to remember that there are well-established funding arrangements and vested interests in di...sability, education, mental health, aged care and other service systems, and to ask who is really benefiting from the perpetuation of these systems. Follow the link to endorse this position paper for change and read more information: https://dpoa.org.au/endsegregation/ #endorseforchange #inclusiveeducation #allmeansall #disabilitylawqueensland #educationmatters #dlq #humanrights

08.01.2022 25 disability groups sign joint statement calling for rebuild of controversial NDIS reforms. A group of 25 disability advocacy groups has signed a joint statement urging a halt to controversial NDIS reforms and for them to be rebuilt with an end-to-end co-design process directly involving people with disability. Follow the link for more information: https://amp.sbs.com.au//7b52053f-57f2-43d4-aec4-212c58d115... @disabilitylawqueensland @sbsnews_au @ndis_australia #DisabilityLawQueensland #sbsnewsaustralia #ndis #ndisreforms #disability #advocacy #risktoaccess

08.01.2022 Disability Law Queensland’s legal practitioner Amee Grattan will be attending the Regional Disability Expo at the Hervey Bay today Pop down to PCYC Hervey Bay & meet Amee in person for information relating to the importance of: Planning for the future Estate Planning ... Guardianship Trusts Enduring Power of Attorney Who's coming? #disabilitylawqueensland #ameegrattan #disabilityexpohb #planningforthefuture #regionaldisabilityexpo #disabilityaustralia #carer #inclusion #ability #disabilityaustralia #disabilityawareness #herveybay

07.01.2022 Today is International Men’s Day. It is celebrated on 19 November every year and is marked in around 80 countries worldwide. International Men’s Day in Australia is a great opportunity to: - Highlight some of the social issues than men and boys face - Make a difference for the men and boys in your community... - Celebrate men and boys in all their diversity - Have some serious fun While there are a huge variety of ways you can mark International Men’s Day, most celebrations share one or more of the following objectives: - Valuing male role models - Acknowledging the contribution of men and boys - Improving male health - Tackling discrimination and disadvantage - Fostering positive gender relations - Making the world a safer place for everyone Despite the overwhelming evidence that men and boys face a range of issues related to their physical, mental and social health and wellbeing, many people are intransigent in promoting a range rigid gender stereotypes and clichés such as: Man Up Boys don’t cry Men and boys don’t need help and; Every day is International Men’s Day The fact is, every day isn’t International Men’s Day. Only 19 November. As with International Women’s Day, everyone is welcome to celebrate International Men’s Day. International Men’s Day recognises that there are a broad variety of laws, values and viewpoints around the world that affect men and boys in different countries, in different ways. There is also a diversity of opinions about those laws, values and viewpoints, which are held by people of different genders and gender identities throughout the world. International Men’s Day places a focus on that which unites humanity, giving everyone who wants to celebrate International Men’s Day the opportunity to work together. #internationalmensday2020 #supportourcommunity #disabilitylawqueensland #supportingmeninourcommunity

06.01.2022 Amee is all ready at the Hervey Bay Regional Disability Expo - come and say Hi #herveybayregionaldisabilityexpo #disabilityexpohb #disabilitylawqueensland #dlq #ameegrattan #networking

04.01.2022 The Pineapple Project podcasts - If you died tomorrow, would the people around you know what to do? Nah, of course they wouldn't! It might be hard, but it's important. That's why The Pineapple Project is tackling death. Because literally everybody is doing it. Planning for the future Follow this link to hear the podcasts: ... https://www.abc.net.au//introducing-the-pineapple/11924034 #pineappleprojectdeath #podcasts #planningahead #disabilitylawqueensland #dlq #wills #estateplanning See more

03.01.2022 The Queensland Government has passed legislation to establish a new portable long service leave scheme available for community services workers. The scheme seeks to reward workers for service to the industry by ensuring they receive long service leave benefits, even if they change employers. Under the scheme, employers in the community services industry will be required to register their business or organisation with QLeave.... The Scheme commencement date is 1 January 2021. For more information please follow this link: https://www.qleave.qld.gov.au//new-portable-long-service-l #changestolegislation #queenslandgovernment #disabilitysupportworker #disabilitylawqueensland #dlq #communityserviceworkers

02.01.2022 Is your Will up to date? Have things changed in your life and you need to update your Will? Keeping your Will up to date is keeping your records current is important. Contact Disability Law Queensland for an appointment with our legal practitioner ... dlq.org.au 07 3622 1250 [email protected] See more

02.01.2022 Disability Law Queensland will move all appointments to Zoom or Phone from today until restrictions ease. Brisbane will enter a three-day lockdown to stop the spread of the highly contagious UK strain of COVID-19. From 6pm tonight until 6pm Monday, people in the local government areas of Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Redlands and Logan will be required to stay at home except:... to attend work if you can’t work from home; to buy essentials like groceries and medicine; look after the vulnerable; and exercise within their neighbourhood Further restrictions include: Masks are to be worn at all times when outside of your place of residence, this includes in workplaces and public transport 20 people can attend funerals, 10 people can attend weddings (no dancing or singing) Limit of two visitors in homes Restaurants and cafes to provide takeaway service only Cinemas, entertainment and recreation venues, gyms etc to close Places of worship to close As we prepare for the possibility of more cases across the state, let’s do what Queenslanders do best stick together and help each other out. The most important thing we want you to know is that you should be aware of, and informed, but not alarmed. Our experienced staff have responded strongly to this pandemic over the past 12 months and will do so again. For more information please follow the Queensland Health link: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/

01.01.2022 We are so proud to announce that Disability Law Queensland very own Amee Grattan is the winner of the Greater Brisbane Women In Business Award for the 2020 Community Dedication and Social Justice Award What a fantastic achievement Amee #2020WIBAward #Winner #GreaterBrisbaneWomenInBusinessAwards2020 #CommunityDedicationandSocialJustice #AmeeGrattan #DisabilityLawQueensland #DisabilityLawyer #Disability

01.01.2022 The dilemma that is faced by employees with disabilities. Jobseekers with a disability are often asked to declare it, but more firms are moving away from just 'ticking the box'. No legal reason for employers to collect this data. "The employer needs to ensure that it does not, consciously or unconsciously, unfairly eliminate the applicant because of that disclosure."... Read the full article: https://www.abc.net.au//ticking-the-box-the-dilem/13137402 @disabilitylawqld @abcnews_au #disabilityinclusion #humanrights #job #disability #equalopportunity