In great news, the Australian government has updated the Migration Amendment Regulations 2024, effective from 16 October 2024. Children under 18 who were born and live in Australia no longer need to prove they are free from health conditions that could incur significant healthcare costs when applying for permanent residency or citizenship. This change ensures that existing health issues won’t impact their permanent visa applications.
The 2024 theme of International Day of People with Disability, on 3 December, is ‘Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future’.
In this spirit, the Australian Women’s Health Alliance supported lived experience advocate Phoebe Nagorcka-Smith to produce this paper that explores the link between issues that Phoebe has both lived and have professional expertise in – brain injury, gender-based violence, and the impacts of systemic inaccessibility and sexism on women with disability and trauma.
Read the full article here