Londoners count cost of 'biblical' flash floods

Londoners desperately try to salvage belongings and restore power as they count cost of ‘biblical’ flash floods that caused millions of pounds of damage to upmarket homes and businesses with Queen’s Brian May among victims Torrential downpours and flash floods saw three inches of rain hit capital within just 90 […]

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‘Nothing about us without us’: The government should include the disabled when reforming the NDIS

Late last week the federal government’s attempt to create a mechanism to independently assess individuals’ eligibility for funding under the National Disability Insurance Scheme foundered on opposition from the states and territories. Under independent assessments, government-contracted health professionals would have examined individuals’ disabilities and therefore their eligibility for funding, and […]

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