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9 & 10 News 9&10 News has exclusive one-on-one interview with Garlin Gilchrist March 12, 2021 Michigan’s Lt. Governor came to northern Michigan Friday, to check out the vaccine clinic run by the Grand Traverse County Health Department. The visit comes as the health department is administering the vaccine to a particularly vulnerable population. 9&10 was the only news organization on hand for the event – and Bill Froehlich talked with the Lt. Governor one-on-one. Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist says he’s impressed by what he’s seeing in Traverse City. “The people who have stepped up h...

A 36-year-old Anaiwan Dunhutti man, Nathan Reynolds, died in 2018 gasping for air on a prison floor from an asthma attack after guards took an “unreasonably” long time to come to his aid. The NSW deputy coroner Elizabeth Ryan said the “confused, uncoordinated and unreasonably delayed” response by prison guards and health staff deprived Reynolds of “at least some chance” of survival. Reynolds’ family, who have waited almost three years for answers as to how and why he died – and, crucially, for somebody to be held responsible – heard the NSW deputy coroner give a brief summar...

Premium Content Subscriber only The Queensland Government currently provides $4.9 million to the non-government sector to deliver disability advocacy services; however, that funding ceases at the end of the financial year. Rockhampton man and Queenslanders with Disability Network chair Des Ryan joined the campaign to keep the services funded. “I don’t know where I would be today without advocacy,” he said. “A change in circumstances for my primary carer meant I needed to transition to living on my own. “Advocacy was critical to me getting the right supports in place, maintaining my ...

Advances in the digital economy, significantly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, are creating unprecedented opportunities to build a more inclusive world of work for the more than 1 billion people with disabilities globally, a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.  However, digital barriers also threaten to aggravate existing inequalities and exclusion, unless they are countered with effective and targeted initiatives, as highlighted by the study.  The report,  An inclusive digital economy for people with disabilities , was prepared by the ILO Global Bu...

Premium Content Subscriber only PEOPLE living with disability across Ipswich will soon be better prepared should disasters including severe storms or floods impact the city. Dedicated workshops focused on creating an emergency plan specific to an individual’s needs will take place next week. Ipswich City Council and the Queenslanders with Disability Network teamed up to deliver the sessions after 2016’s Census report revealed 17 per cent of Ipswich residents were living with disability. Local Disaster Management Group deputy chair Councillor Kate Kunzelmann said the workshop would be pr...