Sue Olney

@olney_sue

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Australia
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    5 Dec 2019

    I think it's time for more specific KPIs

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  2. Aug 30

    How policy is designed and implemented - who is involved, their frame of reference and their measures of success at every stage - really matters. Accountability for the far-reaching and long-lasting public & private costs of policy that marginalises people is too easily dodged.

    Productivity - Not the most important ingredient in human services David Tennant of Family Care revisits the Productivity Commission's report on community services in light of recent policy changes.
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  3. Aug 28

    Vale Chadwick Boseman. Really sad news in a time full of sorrow.

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  4. Retweeted
    Aug 27

    Today I have announced the most substantial package of reforms to the since its establishment. It includes the Australian Govt’s Response to the 2019 Independent Review of the NDIS Act (Tune Review) and the new NDIS Participant Service Guarantee.

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  5. Retweeted
    Aug 24

    Submission and evidence from our Visiting Fellow is cited in the inquiry report tabled last week. You can read her submission here

    Report on tabled in Parliament today
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  6. Retweeted
    Aug 23

    “You are the Prime Minister and you do have the capacity to put forward a plan to address some of these issues.” with . Where is our national youth strategy?

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  7. Retweeted
    Aug 23

    More evidence that enforced poverty does not incentivise people to look for jobs. In fact, there's good evidence that the opposite is true.

    Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and benefits recipients’ mental and financial wellbeing
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  8. Aug 23

    Interesting to read this report after giving evidence last year. It rightly notes that employment barriers faced by disadvantaged jobseekers will “persist and are likely to intensify” in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Many good recommendations here, but big challenges lie ahead.

    Report on tabled in Parliament today
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  9. Aug 22

    'Mum told me to give back to the community': the young Australian creating robots for good

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  10. Retweeted
    Aug 20

    The lack of routine data being collected about people with disability who are infected with coronavirus is a major problem

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  11. Retweeted
    Aug 20

    COVID-19 has highlighted the systemic disadvantage that Australians with may face. We hope that these Guidelines will help health care and support workers take a human rights-based approach to decision-making during the pandemic.

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  12. Retweeted
    Aug 20

    Let's heed the warnings from aged care. We must act now to avert a COVID-19 crisis in disability care via

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  13. Retweeted
    Aug 20

    Pointed question to health department's Simon Cotterell from counsel Kate Eastman. "How many people with disability have contracted Covid-19...?" Cotterell concedes: "The answer is that we don't know."

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  14. Retweeted
    Aug 19

    Data and the media release

    Stuart Robert Minister for NDIS "Data only includes cases of COVID-19 in NDIS funded supports and services notified to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission by registered NDIS providers." Data released as at 19 August 2020 but note: No data on people with disability who are not NDIS participants No data on people with disability who manage their own supports No data on NDIS participants in aged care where their providers are not required to be registered NDIS providers No data on in-kind supports or other services that are under the jurisdiction of any other state and territory government e.g. in public housing, social and community housing No data on active cases for states/territories where there are low reports of infection ie the rest of Australia as at 19 August 2020
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  15. Aug 19

    Disability sector left vulnerable by coronavirus response despite early warnings, royal commission hears - ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ABC News

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    Aug 19

    New analysis - The kids are not all right: Young women & the impacts of Brianna Delahunty & Emma Riseley

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    Aug 19

    A poorly-paid, transient and casualised workforce without health backgrounds: discusses the risk of to people with by carers, ahead of her appearance at .

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    Aug 18

    We're running a survey to hear from people on JobSeeker and others who've received the Coronavirus Supplement. We want to hear how you've been coping, and how you feel about the planned $300 a fortnight cut. To fill out the survey:

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  19. Aug 18

    Opinion: we will only survive COVID-19 with an audacious rewriting of the economy | The Mandarin

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    Aug 18

    “We’ve been forgotten. We need more help. We need things to be easier”. That's what people with and their families told us about their experiences during the first wave of the pandemic. Read our new report released today -

    A jumble of pages from the survey report. The front cover sits in the middle. It is red with white lettering. The text reads "Left out and locked down: the experiences of people with disability and their families during COVID-19" There is a white banner underneath with red lettering. The text reads "Every Australian Counts survey report August 2020" The Every Australian Counts logo sits at the top.
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  21. Retweeted
    Aug 17

    There’s an important review happening right now about accessible housing. It's saying keep minimum housing standards voluntary. Because it’s not worth the cost. think it’s time for them to start hearing from people with .

    Access fail. Small open outdoor lift below a much higher front door. But the lift is on top of a chunky new slab of concrete - instead of on the same level as the ground, making it completely unusable for wheelchair users.
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