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OPA in the media

2 May 2013
Outdated Sandhurst Centre to be closed
ABC News

29 April 2013
Editorial: Corrections policy fails for want of proper care
The Age

28 April 2013
High risk in mixed wards
The Age

26 April 2013
Call to test inmates for brain injury
The Age

8 April 2013
Restraints 'in breach' of child rights
The Age

8 April 2013
The use of restraints and seclusion on school children with disabilities still unregulated in Victoria
AM, ABC radio

1 April 2013
Disabled care fails boy
7.30 report, ABC

8 March 2013
Serial predator admits to rapes at Yooralla
The Age

23 February 2013
Imprisonment of intellectually disabled man 'embarrassing'
The Age

22 February 2013
Debate on group or individual care for people with disabilities
7.30 report, ABC

11 February 2013
Visitors protect rights
Bendigo Advertiser

19 January 2013
This (supported) life
The Australian

24 December 2012
Critical need for disabled options
The Age

15 December 2012
Public Advocate: Disability no bar to good parenting
The Age

15 December 2012
A child taken, a mother grieves
The Age

9 November
Public Advocate: We must take action to protect our disabled
The Herald Sun

8 November 2012
Disabled shame
ABC RadioNational

7 November 2012
Department of Human Services cuts reporting as attacks on children and disabled in state care surge
The Herald Sun

2 November 2012
Reports of abuse increase in homes for the disabled
ABC 7.30 Victoria

28 October 2012
Violent deaths and soaring abuse in residential homes
The Age

28 October 2012
After years of moving, finally a place to feel safe
The Age

12 October 2012
Abuse and neglect rife in Victoria's disability services sector
ABC News- The World Today

12 October 2012
Abuse, assault and neglect on the rise in disability housing, report shows
The Age

11 October 2012
Vulnerable abused in care: Vic report
The Herald Sun

29 June 2012
Yooralla carer on sex charges
The Age

13 June 2012
Time to overhaul state's guardianship laws
The Age

13 June 2012
Shades of grey
The Age

12 June 2012
Concern over use of drugs to restrain disabled
The Age

19 April 2012
Call for reform of guardianship laws
The Age

 

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