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In this issue ....

Report from the CEO and Chair
The AFDO Chair and Acting CEO provide a report of the issues and events that AFDO has dealt with over the past three months.

Policy Update
AFDO National Policy Advisor Collette O'Neill provides an update on the various policies and issues that AFDO has, and will be, dealing with. This includes the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disability, the 2007 Federal Election, the CSTDA Disability Assistance Package, the 5 year review of the Standard for Accessible Public Transport and Centrelink Reporting Requirements.

Workshop on Ratification of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability
Martin Leckey report on the workshop he attended in Sydney on behalf of AFDO. He provides feedback on information given by the Federal Attorney-General and the outcome from the workshop.

CSTDA Forum: Creative solutions to improving disability and community services forum
AFDO held a CSTDA forum in Brisbane in April. This is a report of that forum and includes an attached document with the notes and themes from the forum.

Australia Fair Election Forum
A short notice about an upcoming Australia Fair Election Forum

Campaign ‘Enable’ Relaunched
Campaign Enable will be (re)Launched ready to go into action for the 2007 Federal Election.

VCOSS/DRC Accessible Transport Watch Project
A short notice about the Accessible Transport Watch Project run by VCOSS, Disability Resource Centre and the Disability Advocacy and Information Service.

Are you affected by Welfare to Work? Tell your story and make a difference.
Share your story from the welfare frontlines. Are you affected by Welfare to Work? If so this article will help you tell your story.

The good, the bad and the ugly
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has released a new CD Aimed at designer, builders, building certifiers and access consultants that shows 13 examples of common mistakes made when applying the Building Code of Australia.

Access for All Alliance Wins Award for Tourism
Access for All Alliance in Hervey Bay have won a tourism award for their website that helps people with a disability find accessible holiday spots.

National Disability Awards 2007
Nominations are out to pick the person who has made a difference in the world of disability.

TEDICORE mobile phone survey completed
The Telecommunications Disability Consumer Representative project has released the findings on its mobile phone survey.

Access Card Update
Sue Salthouse attended a briefing on the Access Card on behalf of AFDO. This is her report

Domestic NGO Human Rights Update
Maurice Corcoran reports back on the meeting held in June in Canberra.

PDCA: Cost of Disability Research
Physical Disability Council of Australia will soon be conducting research into the cost of having a disability. Read this notice if your are interested in keeping track of what the research is and who to contact for details.

Update from Qantas
QANTAS hosted a Consumers Forum in Sydney in June. This is a brief rundown of what happened at the Forum.

AUSLAN Training Video Released
A short article about a great resource for learning AUSLAN.

News In Brief
Grants, awards, handbooks and conferences, it’s all here in the News in Brief.

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