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Back to contents National Inquiry on Employment and Disability Interim Report: 3. Information needs, costs and risks for people with disability 3.1 Introduction 3.2 What are some of the costs that people with disability face when participating in the open workforce? 3.2.1 Summary of proposed welfare reforms and general concerns 3.2.2 Additional transport costs 3.2.3 Additional equipment…

Back to contents National Inquiry on Employment and Disability Interim Report: 4. Getting ready for the open workplace 4.1 Introduction 4.2 How does school assist in the transition to work? 4.2.1 Secondary school education 4.2.2 Vocational education and training in schools 4.2.3 School-based New Apprenticeships (SNAP) 4.2.4 Assistance in the transition from school to work 4.3 How does…

Back to contents National Inquiry on Employment and Disability Interim Report: 5. Recruitment in the open workplace 5.1 Introduction 5.2 What government-funded employment services are available to people with disability? 5.2.1 Referrals to appropriate employment services. 5.2.2 Disability Open Employment Services (DOES) (a) Capped places in DOES. (b) Transition to case based funding (CBF) 5…

Back to contents National Inquiry on Employment and Disability Interim Report: 6. Job retention in the open workplace 6.1 Introduction 6.2 How important is good job matching? 6.3 What ongoing support is available to employees and employers? 6.3.1 Encouraging disclosure of disability 6.3.2 Support through government-funded employment services 6.3.3 Support through government-funded…

Back to contents National Inquiry on Employment and Disability Interim Report: 7. Interim Recommendations 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Assess and address information needs 7.2.1 Develop a one-stop-information-shop and inquiry service 7.2.2 Map of government services 7.3 Assess and address the costs facing employers and people with disability 7.3.1 Research real costs to people with disability,…

However, as discussed in Chapter 7, the Inquiry is conscious of the need for a holistic approach to addressing the participation and employment of people with disability in the open workplace. Therefore the areas identified in this Chapter should not be taken in isolation of other approaches to the issue of employment of people with disability.

At present few reliable statistics have been gathered on related issues however Council is aware through its links across the disability sector and the anecdotal evidence of its members and staff that equity is far from being served.

Defining 'remote' as those regions where the nearest Capital city is a thousands plus kilometre away … and / or, where the largest population centres have only thousands of occupants and are hundreds of kilometres away.

Further assistance regarding this project may be obtained from: Mr Bruce Maguire - Disability Rights Unit Phone: 02 9284 9613 TTY: 1800 620 241 E-mail: brucemaguire@humanrights.gov.au

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ (AHRC) Public Statement on Immigration Detention in Curtin.

Key observations and concerns arising from the Commission’s visit are set out in the Commission’s public report, Immigration detention at Curtin.

Report on the Human Rights Commissioner's Visit to Curtin IRPC in July 2000 On Saturday 29 July 2000 the then Human Rights Commissioner, Mr Chris Sidoti, assisted by a consultant, Dr Mary Crock, Senior Lecturer in Law at Sydney University, visited the Curtin Immigration Reception and Processing Centre outside Derby in the Kimberley region of WA. They made observations and obtained…

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ (AHRC) public statement on Immigration Detention at Villawood.

back to 2011 Immigration detention at Villawood Photos - 2011 Immigration detention at Villawood The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ visited Villawood Immigration Detention Centre and Sydney Immigration Residential Housing in February 2011. Photos taken during the Commission’s visit are set out below. Key observations and concerns arising from the Commission’s visit are contained in the…

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ (AHRC) Public Statement on Immigration Detention in Leonora.

The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ visited the immigration detention facility in Leonora, Western Australia in November 2010. Photos taken during the Commission’s visit are set out below.

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ (the AHRC) 2010 Public Statement on Immigration Detention in Darwin.

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ (the Commission) 2010 Report on Immigration Detention on Christmas Island.

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