Australia largely beat the virus. But it left thousands of its people stranded abroad. A. Odysseus Patrick © Family photo David, Kate and Mitchell Jeffries sit on the floor wearing the masks and visor that they will be wearing if they finally manage to board a flight home. SYDNEY Carrying their infant son, David and Kate Jeffries traveled from their home in Perth, Western Australia, to a small town in central Canada on Feb. 26 to care for his elderly mother, who had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. They had heard of a mysterious coronavirus emerging from China but weren’t too worried. Canada had reported only 12 cases, and the family was scheduled to fly home four weeks later.
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An end to violence, abuse and discrimination towards Australians with disability will not be achieved without a radical overhaul of society and our understanding of the human condition, says leading disability rights advocate and lawyer Rosemary Kayess.
It is not enough to “tinker around the edges” in attempts to improve National Disability Scheme service provisions, the University of New South Wales academic said, instead calling for leadership to remove systems that segregate people with disability from wider society in schooling, living arrangements and workplaces.
“It’s not a quick fix, it’s a significant social transformation,” Ms Kayess said, speaking over video conference as part of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s annual oration to mark international Human Rights Day on Thursday.