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Post by Banjo on May 14, 2010 18:54:46 GMT 7
www.afdo.org.au/node/283Now I'm not sure that any of us qualify for this, or even what it is but one of the clauses in it states: (2.6) Portability
A Disability Inclusion Allowance should not tie a person to a particular geographical location. Once established, it should be portable across all jurisdictions.
Might be worth looking into further....
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Post by Banjo on May 14, 2010 19:03:48 GMT 7
Something else I noticed while reading the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by the Australian Government in 2008.
# Reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with disabilities to be guaranteed their full enjoyment without discrimination,
# Recognizing that disability is an evolving concept and that disability results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinders their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others,
and the one I like best....
Recognizing the importance for persons with disabilities of their individual autonomy and independence, including the freedom to make their own choices,
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Post by Banjo on May 14, 2010 19:12:18 GMT 7
Article 18 - Liberty of movement and nationality
1. States Parties shall recognize the rights of persons with disabilities to liberty of movement, to freedom to choose their residence and to a nationality, on an equal basis with others, including by ensuring that persons with disabilities:
1. Have the right to acquire and change a nationality and are not deprived of their nationality arbitrarily or on the basis of disability;
2. Are not deprived, on the basis of disability, of their ability to obtain, possess and utilize documentation of their nationality or other documentation of identification, or to utilize relevant processes such as immigration proceedings, that may be needed to facilitate exercise of the right to liberty of movement;
3. Are free to leave any country, including their own;
4. Are not deprived, arbitrarily or on the basis of disability, of the right to enter their own country.
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Post by Banker on May 20, 2010 7:54:39 GMT 7
I have a friend here who is a retired Lawyer.
I will show this to him and pass on any feed back.
Cheers Banker.
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Post by Banker on Aug 21, 2010 16:26:49 GMT 7
I have a friend here who is a retired Lawyer. I will show this to him and pass on any feed back. Cheers Banker. I have spoken with him on this matter, but because he is an American there are some difference in ideas. He suggested for us to try and get one of the Workers unions involved then with that we would have more clout. Feedback please Gents. |
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Post by Banjo on Aug 21, 2010 20:08:14 GMT 7
I've written to the ACTU on our position without reply.
I doubt we will be able to get their attention unless someone here is currently a financial member of a trade union.
Unions are very much committee based, their agenda also involves improving conditions for their members and such a request would have to come from a member or preferably, a group of members.
Many of the Labour Party MPs we have already written to have entered parliament through the trade union movement.
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