Aims to raise awareness of how small accessibility modifications can make a meaningful difference to the lives of people with disability living in private rental housing. Small Changes, Big Difference aims to empower renters with disability to understand their rights and feel confident requesting accessibility modifications, while supporting property owners and property managers to understand the benefits of minor modifications and feel confident saying yes. Collaboration with QDN, REIQ and Qld Government.

This is a NDIS webinar discusses supports and preparing for work, connecting with a provider, preparing for a planning meeting and NDIS support types and other services and programs available.

Participants, applicants, and authorised parties can now request current or previous plan information, access and reassessment records, and copies of evidence previously supplied to the NDIA; the Agency says these will be processed within 28 business days.

The six-part podcast series Building Inclusion: Australia’s Disability Strategy has recently been released, promoting the voices of disability inclusion in Australia. Host Sam Drummond, a prominent disability advocate, writer and lawyer, travels across Australia and interviews people from all different backgrounds and lived experiences of disability.

Is your business or organisation child safe? If your organisation works with or provides services for children, you’ll need to comply with Queensland’s new child safeguarding law.  The Child Safe Organisations system is already in effect for some sectors and requires businesses and organisations providing spaces or services to children to implement 10 Child Safe Standards to help protect children from harm.

Have you been to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission website recently? It has a range of workforce resources to support you to deliver safe and quality services.

The NDIS Commission has released a new short video that’s part of an educational series that will help providers better understand the NDIS Code of Conduct. It covers preventing sexual misconduct – one of 8 elements under the Code.

ABC article on an Agnes Waters accommodation provider becoming the first person to be prosecuted after refusing to allow a woman to stay with her guide dog.

This course by QCOSS introduces community workers to psychosocial wellbeing, helping to understand its importance, recognise workplace risks that can affect wellbeing, and identify personal and organisational responsibilities to maintain a healthy work environment.

If you are a supplier of disability supports and registered for GST, your supplies to a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participant may be GST-free.