Media releases

Australian workforces should reflect the composition of the Australian community and that means the inclusion of people with disability.

Creative Lab, a business run by people participating in the Life Without Barriers Day Program is facilitating more people with disability to get into the labour market in Goodwood, Hobart.

Life Without Barriers looks forward to participating in the NDIS review.

Life Without Barriers welcomes the opportunity to support people with disability and their direct care staff, whose services are transferring from Australian Unity.

When 43-year-old Central Coast resident, Daniel, hears that his regular Camp Breakaway holiday is approaching, he exclaims a camp volunteer’s name: “Norma”.

Kurt Fearnley AO and Graeme Innes AM are appointed to the Board of the National Disability Insurance Agency.

Ahead of the National Jobs and Skills Summit, Life Without Barriers encourages the care sector to employ more people with disabilities given rising job vacancies and low national unemployment

Life Without Barriers is committed to improving employment opportunities for people with disability, particularly so school leavers and young people can access employment and begin their journey in the labour market.

Life Without Barriers' Chief Executive, Claire Robbs addressed the NDIS Jobs and Skills Forum today.

Life Without Barriers applauds the announcement by the Federal Government confirming NDIS participants will benefit from a 9% increase resulting from rigorous consideration by the Hon Minister Shorten MP.

Kevin from Warilla to hold art exhibition and donate proceeds from sales to people in aged care and local school breakfast program.

Life Without Barriers is pleased to support the Australian Government’s new national disability strategy titled Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031.

Life Without Barriers is pleased to announce a partnership with La Trobe University.

Life Without Barriers’ Executive Lead Disability Engagement, Chris Chippendale, presented at the Federal Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS workforce enquiry.

Life Without Barriers is working with the Federal Government and other disability service providers to provide vital vaccine support for people with disability and support workers.

Life Without Barriers supports the Federal Government’s announcement today to boost vaccine support for people with disability and support workers in Victoria.

Life Without Barriers, together with Tasmanian disability service provider Possability will join other service providers, government representatives and academics to discuss new ideas for housing for the around 132,000 Tasmanians who have disability.

Life Without Barriers says in a submission to the Disability Royal Commission that the community services sector is in a unique position attract people with disability to its workforce to bridge the disability employment gap.

Around 30 Norfolk Islanders with disability now have access to NDIS support, thanks to national disability service Life Without Barriers providing training for Island residents to become disability support workers.

Life Without Barriers supports over 1,400 people living in 400 residential settings across Australia and is preparing essential workers and clients for the vaccines from 22 February.

What do you think when a person with disability turns up for a job interview?

New budget funding for the NDIS and home care care packages will provide much needed support for the elderly and people living with disability.

Today the Federal Government has released their response to the Tune review and the introduction of the new NDIS Participant Service Guarantee

New South Wales and Victorian disability services will now be able to claim costs directly from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) for the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Life Without Barriers Chief Executive Claire Robbs has extended her appreciation to the Disability Royal Commission for the opportunity to appear and provide input into its critically important work today.

Life Without Barriers has enacted swift measures to ensure that frontline staff are supported to prevent and control infection of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Life Without Barriers welcomes Minister Stuart Robert’s announcement today of a targeted Covid-19 response package for people with disability and the disability services sector.

Ahead of this year’s International Day of People with Disability, Life Without Barriers is launching the Employment Without Barriers campaign.

Life Without Barriers joined the Community Services Industry Alliance today to make a plan for how the industry can attract more people with disability to their workforce.

Participants of Life Without Barriers’ popular art and mosaic programs will exhibit their work at an exhibition at Clarence Council’s Rosny Schoolhouse Gallery from Thursday October 17.

How can Queensland community service organisations become destination employers for people with disability?

Major disability services provider Life Without Barriers has welcomed the Government’s announcement of increased price limits for National Disability Insurance Scheme registered service providers.

Social purpose organisation Life Without Barriers has pledged that 12 per cent of its new recruits will be people with disability by 2022.

Major disability service provider Life Without Barriers has welcomed today’s announcement by Social Services Minister Paul Fletcher of changes to pricing for services delivered under the NDIS.

Major disability services provider Life Without Barriers has lent its support to the Council for Intellectual Disability’s calls to the Federal Government to make all health services accessible and responsive to people with intellectual disability.

Major provider of services for people with disability, Life Without Barriers, has joined the chorus of support for the establishment of a disability Royal Commission.

A group representing Australia’s largest disability service providers has formed a new alliance to collaborate on solutions to improve services and lives for participants and their families.

National disability services provider Life Without Barriers has welcomed the announcement by the Hon Martin Foley MP that the organisation is one of the successful providers in the transfer of disability services in Victoria.

A free resource to help people with psychosocial disability identify their potential and independently plan their education, training or entry into the workforce will be launched by Life Without Barriers in Adelaide.