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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
June 2011 edition of NSW CID E-News.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
WARRINGAH DISABILITY NEWSLETTER No 258 - 24/06/11
The newsletter starts with another disco, a theatre project, STAR expo, global games at INAS, and holiday activities in Lane Cove. Young carers can disco bowl at Dee Why, attend the Aspect camp in October, or Camp Breakaway
Financial matters include a fundraising trivia night for Fighting Chance, carers Week grants, a reminder that Warringah Council grants end soon, and a website on scholarships. Resources include a DVD on the August census, website for early literacy, National Diabetes week, a webpage on brain injury on ADHC website, websites for holiday fun, and a website for working with fathers. You are invited to complete two surveys on support needs of people with physical disability, to hold a DisabiliTEA for the NDIS, volunteer for Recreation Rendezvous or Northern Beaches Interchange.
Workshops and conferences address manual handling, knowing your rights, suicide intervention, assistive technology in education, mental health, respite, group leadership, autism, dementia, plus the NSW summit on person centred approach, and a seminar on models of supported accommodation. Various courses are also offered by Reconnect Mental Health, IFP and Northside Community Forum.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome, as always! The next newsletter will be sent on 11 July.
Regards, Marjorie Janz
Located at Dee Why Library, Pittwater Road St Davids Avenue
Phone 9942 2686, fax 9942 2371. Also janzm@warringah.nsw.gov.au.
Friday, June 24, 2011
NSW Government Person Centred Approaches Summit
Putting people with a disability at the centre of decision making
An invitation from the Minister…
I am hosting this summit and extensive consultations around NSW because like you, I believe people with a disability, their carers and families, need to have a say about the services they receive and have control over their futures.
We know that the people best able to contribute to this process are people with a disability, their families and carers. That is why I am inviting you to attend this summit.
We are also working with peak bodies such as the Disability Council of NSW, NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS), National Disability Service NSW and consumer organisations to seek their input.
I am hosting this summit and extensive consultations around NSW because like you, I believe people with a disability, their carers and families, need to have a say about the services they receive and have control over their futures.
We know that the people best able to contribute to this process are people with a disability, their families and carers. That is why I am inviting you to attend this summit.
We are also working with peak bodies such as the Disability Council of NSW, NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS), National Disability Service NSW and consumer organisations to seek their input.
If you can’t attend the summit, there will be many more opportunities for you to contribute your ideas. This summit is just the first step in a year long process of successive consultations and reviews. The next stage is more than 100 local consultations held throughout NSW which you’re invited to attend. Your input will help guide us in delivering a collective and collaborative solution to bring about the much needed reforms to disability services in NSW.
Thank you for joining me in this important process. I look forward to hearing from you either during the summit, in one of the later consultations or via your written submission. We need to hear from you, and I am confident that with your help we can create a service system that truly puts the person at the centre of decision making… right where they should be.
The Hon. Andrew Constance MP
Minister for Ageing
Minister for Disability Services
Where: Acer Arena Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush, NSW(AUS) 2127
RSVP: Monday, 27 June, 2011
NDIS DisabiliTEA
Can we count you in?
The time has come to register to hold a morning tea in support of the campaign for a National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Registrations went live yesterday and already 211 different morning teas have been registered across Australia.
This is an unprecedented response and will make the DisabiliTEA Australia’s largest disability action. It will be the largest event in two ways: firstly it will occur simultaneously in hundreds of locations nationwide, secondly more people will attend than any previous disability event in Australia’s history. The DisabiliTEA will be a clear demonstration to the parliament of Australia of the passion in the community for a National Disability Insurance Scheme.
You can be part of the action:
All you need to so is register to hold a morning tea on the 2nd of August. Anyone can host a tea at your home, at work or at a local coffee shop. You can invite your friends, family, neighbours, carers and colleagues. Organisations big and small can host a tea and invite clients, staff, supporters and local community members as can any Australian who wants a better deal for people with a disability.
To register your morning tea visit:
The DisabiliTEA event will closely follow the handing down of the final Report of the Productivity Commission on the NDIS to the Government, which is due to happen at the end of July. Your morning Tea will be a great opportunity to keep spreading the word about the NDIS in the community.
Events such as the DisabiliTEA are vital to help raise broader community awareness of the need for an NDIS to ensure that people with disabilities, their families and carers finally get the support and care that they need.
The NDIS isn’t just going to automatically happen. We need to campaign hard across the country to convince the politicians that it is the right thing to do, both for people with disabilities and their families and for the entire nation.
When you register your Disabilitea you will receive a kit in the mail to help you host your tea. The kit will include:
• DisabiliTea Activities sheet
• Invitation for friends, families, colleagues
• MP invitation
• Poster to promote your event
• Campaign brochure, postcards and stickers
• DVD
• Join the campaign sign-up sheets
• Invitation for friends, families, colleagues
• MP invitation
• Poster to promote your event
• Campaign brochure, postcards and stickers
• DVD
• Join the campaign sign-up sheets
So put your hand up and say Every Australian Counts.
Register to host a Disabilitea
Thanks for your support
Daniel Kyriacou State Campaign Coordinator-NDIS New South Wales |
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
NDIS - Visit your local MP
Next month, the Productivity Commission will hand over its final report to the Government.
Our goal is to make sure the Federal Government accepts the recommendations of the Productivity Commission and commits to introducing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
We have a challenging political environment to make this happen.
That's why we need you to go along to your federal member and recruit them to be a supporter of the Every Australian Counts campaign. You can use our easy Find Your MP tool on the website.
There are briefing notes to guide you on your visit, but your story is what's important.
Your local MP needs to hear first hand about the challenges faced by people with a disability and their families every day.
They can read all about the facts and figures, but meeting you and hearing your story is what will make a difference in gaining their support.
Change involves people voicing their views and making it clear to politicians what they want.
Direct meetings with people from their electorates make a difference to politicians. They need to hear your story.
If you've already met your MP, let us know how it went.
We need every MP to count.
John Della Bosca
and the Every Australian Counts Team
and the Every Australian Counts Team
PS. Each week we'll be naming a campaigner of the week who has made people count.
If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else email a photo to winsoftheweek@everyaustraliancounts.com.au (it can come from their facebook profile) and why you've nominated them.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
WARRINGAH DISABILITY NEWSLETTER No 257 - 10/06/11
Hello!
The newsletter starts with a disco, then soccer and wheelchair football, the Paralympic talent search, social group for young adults with vision impairment, and the Kids Big Fun Day Out. Carers are alerted to free parenting programs by Centacare, inclusive education workshop by Family Advocacy, three meetings to explore possibilities for school leavers, and vacancies in several care programs.
Financial matters include information on the Better Start for Children with Disability program, grants by Warringah Council and the Commonwealth Bank, a modified Chrysler for sale, inexpensive computers, the Might and Power Race Day, and two items dealing with electricity. Resources include the name change for Chatswood Supported Living, Apps for Auslan and Literacy support, the NSW Mental Health Rights Manual and the NSW Law Handbook, a speech transcript from the Big Event, a submission to the Disability Care and Support Inquiry, and the timeline of the Every Australian Counts campaign. You are invited to complete surveys on sign language communication, to participate in a research project or artwork calendar, and hand out NDIS information at train stations.
Workshops and conferences address mental health support, intellectual disability and challenging behaviour, low vision and education, preventing childhood anxiety, handling parliamentary inquiries, person centred thinking and graphics, child protection training, mobility scooter safety, as well as expos on employment and vocational services.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome, as always! The next newsletter will be sent on 24 June.
Regards, Marjorie Janz , Disability Information Officer, Warringah Council.
Located at Dee Why Library, Pittwater Road St Davids Avenue
Phone 9942 2686, fax 9942 2371. Also janzm@warringah.nsw.gov.au.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
June NDIS Donor Campaign Update # 4
A sample of campaign activities over the last week demonstrates the depth and diversity of everyaustraliancounts as we begin the next stage of the drive toward our objective. Our purpose remains to bring about the adoption by the Commonwealth government of an implementation program and timetable for an NDIS by the end of 2011.
Campaign to Commuters (NSW, VIC & WA)
Building up campaigning capacity over the next few months is a key marker along the critical path to success. There is no better way to develop campaign capability in a lively and impactful way than to take your message direct to the people in the streets.
Political campaigns and election candidates in Australia have usually engaged with the toughest but most important of constituencies - the proverbial “man or woman in the street” by handing out information directly to them and being prepared to answer the questions of morning commuters and weekly shoppers while they go about their regular business.
Campaign material has been adapted and an activity guide for commuter campaigners has been distributed and will be published on everyaustraliancounts.com.au.
Everyaustraliancounts campaigners will be commuter campaigning in NSW on the 15th of this month and in Victoria on the 29th ...stayed posted for the WA date – contact Daniel, James and Geraldine if you are interested, details can be found at http://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/contact/
National DisabiliTEA Event 2nd August, 2011
For campaigners and supporters looking to kill three birds with one stone - recruit new supporters, lobby MPs and drawing attention to the need for an NDIS through the media; DisabiliTEA is the perfect compromise between cultivated activity and campaign challenge. Read all about it on http://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/category/disabilitea-2-august-2011/
Campaign Training Sessions in Victoria
Training continues to be a priority as many of our most enthusiastic activists have only limited experience of campaigning. This week it is Victoria’s turn for some campaign coaching. Contact James if you are interested. There will be a particular focus on everyaustraliancounts core activities in Media, MP visits, recruiting supporters as well as general Campaign training.
Merchandise
We are ordering even more stock. Do not leave your materials sitting around. Give them away to clients, employees, families, for that matter interested passers-by.
Campaign Video release
Plans are important and as we evolve ours, it is important to show supporters that they can contribute to the plan and have a critical role in the campaign. I hope I got that point across in the campaign plan: http://everyaustraliancounts.com.au/the_campaign_plan/
| John DellaBosca National Campaign Director Email: John.DellaBosca@ndis.org.au |
NDIS Campaign for Commuters - June 15
On the 15th of June we will be leafleting at the entrance to Sydney train stations. Disability organisations from across Sydney have volunteered to organise a crew of Every Australian Counts Campaign Champions to be at the entrance of train stations handing out campaign material like post cards, stickers and leaflets. Most activity will take place in the morning during the peak hour period.
What will happen:
We are asking volunteer groups to simply do their best to distribute some campaign material and take some photos of the event. We want the event to be a positive experience. We will provide scripts, instructions and handout material.
What do we aim to achieve:
The event is our first physical campaigning activity of this kind anywhere in Australia. It is our first attempt at taking our message outside the disability community to the people in the street. We aim to distribute collectively more than 10,000 postcards and spread the word to commuters
We are very excited at the campaign office. The state government and Cityrail have been informed of the event.
Daniel Kyriacou State Campaign Coordinator-NDIS New South Wales Ph: (02) 9256 3106 Fax: (02) 9256 3123 Email: daniel.kyriacou@ndis.org.au Level 18, 1 Castlereagh Street Sydney NSW 2000 GPO Box 2687 Sydney NSW 2001 |
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
REMOVAL OF INCOME TAX IMPEDIMENTS AFFECTING SPECIAL DISABILITY TRUSTS
The Assistant Treasurer, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, tonight announced the Government will introduce legitimation to remove further income tax barriers that will impede families from making contributions to Special Disability Trust (SDT).
"These changes will ease the financial burden on families by assisting them to provide for the care and accommodation needs of a person with severe disability," the Assistant Treasurer said.
To make SDTs more beneficial for families, the Government will:
- Provide a capital gains tax (CGT) exemption for assets transferred into an SDT for no consideration
- Backdate the application of the 2009‑10 Budget measure that provides a CGT main residence exemption for SDTs to 2006-07
- Provide a CGT exemption for the recipient of the principal beneficiary's main residence, if disposed of within two years of the principal beneficiary's death
- Ensure equivalent taxation treatment amongst SDTs established under different Acts.
These changes will apply from the 2006‑07 income year, to align with when SDTs were first able to be established.
Parliamentary Secretary for Disability and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas, said "By removing these barriers, SDTs will become more attractive for families looking to provide for the long-term care of a family member with severe disability."
The Attachment has more detail on the changes and will form the basis for the Government's four-week consultation on the policy design of these reforms. More information on how to make a submission is available on the Treasury website.
The Government will release an exposure draft of the legislation as soon as is practicable after the consultation on the policy design, covering these changes as well as the previously announced measure to extend the CGT main residence exemption extension to SDTs.
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Colleagues,
This simple idea (see attached) is something that we need to examine and a possible way of changing the future planning processes for many of our families.
Mark Clayton
General Manager, Strategy and Development
Strategy & Development
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Tel: +61 2 8977 8803 X8803
Mob: 0403 078 450
Fax: (02) 8977 2960
Email: m.clayton@sunnyfield.org.au
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