Spinal Life Australia hopes the recent Rugby Australia panel recommendations can help reduce or minimise the impact of spinal injury in Queensland’s GPS schools. Rugby Australia commissioned an independent panel review in response to four teenage players who sustained spinal cord injuries during rugby games or exercises during July and August 2018. On Saturday, the […]
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Festive season office closures
With Christmas just around the corner, we would like to advise you of our office closures over the holiday season. All our offices will be closed from 4pm Friday 21 December and will reopen at 8.30am on Thursday 27 December. For the New Year period, we will be closed from 5pm Friday 28 December and will […]
Commissioner’s recommendations welcomed in wake of NGR train debacle
Spinal Life Australia has welcomed the findings of the New Generation Rollingstock Train (NGR) Commission of Inquiry, which examined how the trains were procured despite failing to meet disability legislation. Among the findings, Commissioner Michael Forde’s report highlighted that the NGR accessibility issues were due to a clear lack of early, genuine consultation with the […]
Calling for mandatory accessibility in anticipation of NGR report
Spinal Life Australia has called for accessibility to become a mandatory part of the Queensland state infrastructure procurement process, in anticipation of the Commissioners Inquiry report into the New Generation Rollingstock Trains (NGR). Commissioner Michael Forde’s report was submitted to the Premier and Minister for Trade on 3 December and is expected to be released […]
Spinal Life Australia’s Annual General Meeting
Our 2018 Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 29 November at our Brisbane office in Woolloongabba. As part of the event, Chairman Alan Ashford and Chief Executive Officer Michael Powell will be presenting a review of the organisation’s activities and financial results for the 12-month period ended 30 June 2018. The meeting will […]
App partnership puts people with a disability on the right track
Spinal Life Australia has teamed up with mapping software developers Briometrix to give Australians with disabilities an opportunity to be a catalyst for change in their communities. Some of our members have volunteered to take part in a trial that sees them using a smartphone app to record the accessibility of their region. Information such […]
Phyllis shares her experiences in the lead up to World Polio Day
Phyllis McPherson-Forster has never met a wimpy polio survivor. With World Polio Day approaching on 24 October, the Brisbane vocal teacher and Spinal Life member said strength is what bonded her and her fellow polio survivors together. “You have to be tough; it comes with the territory,” she said. Phyllis was first diagnosed with the […]
Construction begins on Cairns Healthy Living Centre
Media Release issued by Federal Member for Leichhardt, Warren Entsch MP The construction of a new purpose-built healthy living centre in Cairns means patients with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities can stay closer to home and support networks for rehabilitation. Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch, who turned the first sod, said the new Spinal […]
World Polio Day 2018
We will be hosting a special presentation on World Polio Day, 24 October. Join us as we present one of the world’s leading polio researchers, Dr Richard Bruno, who has been studying polio for more than 30 years. Dr Bruno will be presenting from the United States on electrodynamics in people with polio. Other topics […]
Wendy celebrates results of NDIS nursing services appeal
Spinal Life Australia member Wendy Adams has become one of the first Australians to have nursing services funded under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The Toowoomba resident hopes she’s also not the last. Ms Adams was previously receiving funding for nursing services under her Your Life Your Choice plan and learned that her funding […]