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The Recurrent and Indefinite Detention of People with Cognitive and Psychiatric Impairment

FPDN's Policy and Research Director, Scott Avery is presenting at the ACWA breakfast in Parramatta, Sydney on Tuesday morning. Scott will be talking about access to justice and disability. In April…

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#FirstPeoples1st100Days PM: Meet with First Peoples

Today, on the first day of Federal Parliament, FPDN was proud to stand alongside national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership organisations to deliver a strong message to Prime Minister Turnbull,…

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Unmet needs of Aboriginal people living with brain injury. By Damian Griffis

CEO Damian Griffis at the Redfern Community Centre

This week is Brain Injury Awareness Week. At the First Peoples Disability Network we say that meeting the needs of Aboriginal people with disabilities is one of the most critical…

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Brain Injury Awareness Week 2016

It's Brain Injury Awareness Week. FPDN is partnering with Synapse and holding a community event in Redfern on Monday 15 August at 1.30pm. The event is being held at the…

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Aboriginal Disability Network NSW has merged with FPDN

The Aboriginal Disability Network NSW (ADNNSW) has merged with First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN), as of July 2016. We are the Aboriginal Disability Network NSW (ADNNSW) is an FPDN project of…

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International Day of World’s Indigenous People 2016

Today is the United Nations International Day of World's Indigenous People "In Australia an Indigenous child with disability is more likely to matriculate into prison than into tertiary education. Many Indigenous children…

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Statement on Youth Justice from Aunty Gayle Rankine

Aunty Gayle Rankine at the 2013 Democracy and Human Rights Conference

ABC’s 4 Corners program brought national attention to the incarceration and institutionalisation of our young people. The abuse, neglect and torture exposed on 4 Corners is alarming and our thoughts…

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Yabun Festival 2016: Annual Kevin Cook lecture – One of the greatest social justice issues facing Australia

25 January 2016 First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) CEO Damian Griffis and Chairperson Aunty Gayle Rankine will give the annual Kevin Cook lecture to open Yabun Festival on Australia Day…

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Education funding for students with disability delayed again

Tuesday 15 December 2015 Media reports reveal that promised additional funding to support students with disability has been delayed again and will not begin in 2016. Last week Education Ministers…

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United Nations: serious concerns about human rights violations against Indigenous people with disability

Tuesday 10 November 2015 The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) has raised serious concerns about human rights violations against Aboriginal people with disability during its review of Australia’s human…