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Multicultural Communities

Local Spanish speaking communities celebrate people with disability at Refugee Week event

About 60 members of the Spanish speaking communities in Adelaide came together to celebrate the achievements of people living with disability from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds at a...

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Group of six people stand together smiling at the camera. From the left they are: Support worker Emily, police officer Taryn Trevelion, Shadow Minister for Multicultural South Australia Jing Lee, JFA Purple Orange Project Officer Esther Simbi, Denis Yengi, and Mohan Bhattarai.
Multicultural Communities

Local Bhutanese community celebrates people with disability at Refugee Week event

About 80 members of the Bhutanese community in Adelaide came together to celebrate the achievements of people living with disability from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds at a Refugee...

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Multicultural Communities

Purple Orange set to celebrate CALD communities living with a disability during Refugee Week

JFA Purple Orange, in partnership with the Hispanic Women’s Association of South Australia (HWASA) and Bhutanese Australian Association of South Australia (BAASA) (Nepali speaking) community, are hosting Refugee Week celebrations...

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Education & Employment
Human Rights & Justice
Policy & Advocacy

Are workers living with disability part of Australia’s employment success story?

On Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release the latest national Labour Force statistics. It is expected that the April unemployment rate will continue the recent downward trend,...

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Policy & Advocacy
Violence, Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation

Targeted action plan needed to address violence against women living with disability

JFA Purple Orange is calling on the next Federal Government to prioritise a targeted action plan to address violence against women and girls living with disability. Women and girls living...

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Education & Employment
Human Rights & Justice

The Great Australian Rip-Off

The Disability Royal Commission yesterday heard that South Australian disability support agency Bedford Group, which boasts it is the second largest employer of people living with disability in Australia, pays...

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Human Rights & Justice
Violence, Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation

Ann Marie Smith trial conclusion must herald more fundamental changes in disability support and how neglect is understood

Statement from Robbi Williams, CEO, JFA Purple Orange: Rosa Maione, a person whose actions led to the death of Ann Marie Smith, has been sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for...

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Education & Employment
Health
Housing & Transport
Human Rights & Justice
Policy & Advocacy

Parties respond to key election issues impacting South Australians living with disability

JFA Purple Orange has today launched a webpage to inform voters in the South Australian election about some of the key issues that are important to the disability community in...

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Human Rights & Justice
Policy & Advocacy

Urgent need to invest in disability advocacy services across South Australia

In the lead up to the state election, JFA Purple Orange is calling on the next South Australian government to urgently invest in vital independent advocacy services to protect the...

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Housing & Transport

South Australia running late on accessible taxi overhaul

With the state election looming, Purple Orange is calling on the next South Australian Government to overhaul unreliable access taxi services and improve outcomes for people living with disability. Currently...

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Health

Call to end neglect and abuse of people living with disability in the SA Healthcare

JFA Purple Orange is calling on the South Australian Government to take immediate action to protect the health and wellbeing of people living with disability and end the ongoing neglect...

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Housing & Transport

Lost opportunity to boost accessible housing in SA?

Most houses and apartments in South Australia do not have basic accessibility features and there are currently no requirements in place for new builds. This severely reduces the availability of...

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