The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse is holding a deaf-friendly information session to enable deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing people and their families as well as organisations all over Australia to understand it’s very important work.

The information session is being organised by the Deaf Society of NSW and all Deaf people are invited to attend. You do not have to have experienced sexual abuse to attend. Read more about when and where the event will take place.

The Department of Social Services are running a survey about the communication of the National Disability Insurance Scheme – found out more about how you can have your say and improve communication for the future.

Find out more about how the Australian Government’s JobAccess program supports Deaf jobseekers and employees in the workplace.

Nominations are now open for the National Disability Awards! You can nominate any individual or organisation that you think has improved the lives of deaf people and helped promote access or inclusion.

Get in quick because nominations close on 18 July 2014.

Deaf South Australian man Bruce Muller has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on the Queen’s birthday weekend, 9 June 2014, for his service to deaf and hard of hearing people.

Do you have a favourite app that you love or one that makes your life better or easier as a deaf person? Nominate it for an Apps For All Award! This new competition celebrates apps that are accessible for people with disabilities and raises awareness to make sure that when future apps are developed, they suit deaf and disabled people.

The deaf community is outraged by today’s Queensland Supreme Court ruling that deaf people are to be banned from sitting on a jury for criminal cases.

A recent ruling by Justice James Douglas has decided that deaf people are ineligible for jury service as Queensland currently has no legislation to cover interpreters in a jury room during deliberations.

Read the reaction from Deaf Australia.

Deaf people are the silent losers in the recently announced 2014/2015 federal budget, with the news that the position of Disability Discrimination Commissioner will be abolished when current Commissioner Graeme Innes steps down in July.

Deaf Australia has serious reservations about the proposal to privatise Australian Hearing in the Abbott Government’s Budget announcement this week.
Privatising Australian Hearing creates potential for unregulated services for families who have deaf children: creating unnecessary difficulty and stress.

Read more of Deaf Australia’s concerns and how this could impact you here.

Deaf Australia’s new CEO has just started work. See more information here about his plans for the future of Deaf Australia and tell us what issues you think we should be focussing on over the next few years by filling out our survey.