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Disability continues to be a forgotten target as Closing the Gap report is released in Canberra

Prime Minster Scott Morrison handed down the 11th Closing the Gap report this morning in Canberra. Despite repeated advocacy from FPDN and reassurances from the Commonwealth Government, disability continues to be…

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FPDN Deputy CEO Aunty June Riemer nominated for 2018 Impact 25 Award #2018Impact25

In recognition of her incredible contribution to our communities, FPDN Deputy CEO and Dunghutti woman Aunty June Riemer has been nominated for a 2018 Impact 25 Award. ‘Throughout her career…

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FPDN CEO Damian Griffis represents on Wheeler Panel ‘Only Human: 70 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1rg2WJ48RI FPDN CEO Damian Griffis along with Ruth Barson, Nyadol Nyuon & Hugh de Kretser weigh in on the status and progress of Human Rights today on The Wheeler Centre…

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NuunaRon Art Group launches Exhibition for International Day of People with Disability

NuunaRon Art group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists living with Disability launched their Exhibition on the Sunshine Coast yesterday in celebration of International Day of People with Disability.…

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VALE AUNTY BONITA MABO

Aunty Bonita Mabo was a true leader and a generous, much loved Elder. Aunty Bonita was known for her determination, commitment and generosity of spirit. She achieved so much and…

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Action still needed on Deaths in Custody Royal Commission recommendations

FPDN is a member of the Change the Record coalition. Change the Record released the following statement regarding the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and its recommendations. Change the…

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The Conversation: Indigenous people with disability have a double disadvantage that the NDIS can’t handle.

FPDN's Research and Policy Director Scott Avery writes for The Conversation. Read the article here

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FPDN’s Scott Avery speaks to 2ser ‘NDIS not working for Indigenous Australians’

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience disability at almost twice the rate of other Australians, and it’s especially hard for them to access services from the National Disability Insurance…

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Have your say! FPDN in Utopia & Tenant Creek with Disability Discrimination Commissioner Alastair McEwin

Next week FPDN CEO Damian Griffis, Deputy CEO June Riemer and National Project Manager Paul Calcott will travel to Utopia and Tenant Creek, NT with the Australian Human Rights Commission's…

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We heard you! FPDN to roll out Building the Aboriginal Disability Service Sector Workshops around the country.

FPDN hosted a Building the Aboriginal Disability Service Sector Gathering over two days, August 16 & 17 2018, in Tamworth NSW. The workshop, initially targeted to the local area, was…

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Disability continues to be a forgotten target as Closing the Gap report is released in Canberra

FPDN Deputy CEO Aunty June Riemer nominated for 2018 Impact 25 Award #2018Impact25

FPDN CEO Damian Griffis represents on Wheeler Panel ‘Only Human: 70 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’

NuunaRon Art Group launches Exhibition for International Day of People with Disability

VALE AUNTY BONITA MABO

Action still needed on Deaths in Custody Royal Commission recommendations

The Conversation: Indigenous people with disability have a double disadvantage that the NDIS can’t handle.

FPDN’s Scott Avery speaks to 2ser ‘NDIS not working for Indigenous Australians’

Have your say! FPDN in Utopia & Tenant Creek with Disability Discrimination Commissioner Alastair McEwin

We heard you! FPDN to roll out Building the Aboriginal Disability Service Sector Workshops around the country.

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