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Next week: Building the Aboriginal Disability Service Sector Gathering

There are still some tickets available for FPDN's Building the Aboriginal Disability Service Sector Gathering next week on August 16 & 17 in Tamworth. FPDN will cover a wide range of topics focused…

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FPDN landmark report: Culture is Inclusion

CULTURE IS INCLUSION: Community-control the way forward for Aboriginal disability research Today, First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) is releasing a landmark report following a two-year community-directed research project, across Australia,…

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Unfinished Business Exhibition showing in Canberra #NAIDOC2018

Pictured: Aunty Gayle Rankine, Chairperson, FPDN (image courtesy Belinda Mason) FPDN's Jake Briggs was a participant in Belinda Mason's Unfinished Business Exhibition which was first launched at the United Nations…

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VIDEO: Because of Her, We Can.

Watch FPDN's video to celebrate the NAIDOC 2018 theme, Because of her, we can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0iopqWt5TA On Screen text: We celebrate our Grandmothers, Mothers, Sisters, Aunties, Cousins, friends. To the…

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NAIDOC 2018 – Getting Strong Again: National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland launch culturally safe resource

The National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland (NIISQ) and the First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) kicked NAIDOC week off with the launch of a culturally safe planning resource for…

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FPDN represented at LGBTI people with disability event at the United Nations New York

People with Disability Australia hosted a side-event at the United Nations in New York as part of Disabled People's Organisations Australia participation at the Conference of State Parties (COSP) this…

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FPDN is at the UN in New York for the 11th Session of Conference of State Parties

The 11th Session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will kick off overnight in New York and runs from…

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Aboriginal Disability Provider Grants Program in NSW

FPDN has been working with Social Ventures Australia to deliver the Aboriginal Disability Provider Grant (ADPG) Program in NSW. At least 50% of our people experience disability or a long-term…

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FPDN to attend COSP at the UN in New York

Disabled People's Organisations Australia (DPOA) is participating in the 11th Session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). FPDN is…

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SAVE THE DATE FOR FPDN’S 2018 CONFERENCE

Building Aboriginal disability service sector and workforce development FPDN is hosting a conference in Tamworth, NSW in August. The purpose of the conference is to build the Aboriginal disability service sector…