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Government brings forward planned NDIS review, urges bigger focus on disability scheme's benefits

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Government brings forward planned NDIS review, urges bigger focus on disability scheme's benefits

A planned review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is being brought forward to this year, with the federal government promising to work alongside people with disability after a significant breakdown of trust in recent years.

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Young business owners challenge perspectives on disability, create meaningful work life for themselves

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Young business owners challenge perspectives on disability, create meaningful work life for themselves

As a boy, Devin O'Sullivan took pleasure in ripping things up, so it was unsurprising that starting a paper-shredding business became his first career step. 

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Author Sally Rippin felt lost when her son couldn’t read. She wants other parents to learn from her experience

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Author Sally Rippin felt lost when her son couldn’t read. She wants other parents to learn from her experience

Sally Rippin remembers the moment when, as a preschooler, reading clicked for her and she could suddenly decode the squiggly lines on a page.

"It felt like it was something that happened in an instant," the award-winning children's author tells ABC RN's Life Matters.

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Shaun Tomson, former world surfing champion, on what life lessons his sport taught him

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Shaun Tomson, former world surfing champion, on what life lessons his sport taught him

Shaun Tomson has experienced some incredible highs. He's also experienced some devastating lows.

He was a world champion surfer, widely regarded as one of the best tube riders of all time. He is an actor, author, environmentalist and businessman.

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'Gaming learning' allows Queensland students to muster cattle, drive tractor, plant crops from classroom

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'Gaming learning' allows Queensland students to muster cattle, drive tractor, plant crops from classroom

Teachers call it "gamified learning" — a classroom lesson that feels like you're playing a video game.

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