Advocacy Services (Page 5)

  On Thursday 6th of April during National Youth Week, Midlas hosted a Youth with Disability Forum. The forum was held at the Midland Town Hall where youth aged 15-25 years old, parents/carers and providers came together to discuss key issues. Midlas were provided a National Youth Week grant byRead More →

The City of Swan is developing a Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2017-2022. They are inviting people with disabilities, families and carers, business and disability service providers to come along and give their feedback on how they can improve access and inclusion. People with disability, family and carers and communityRead More →

WA has a new State Government and people with disability and parents/carers/guardians are being asked to provide feedback on what they want from an NDIS in WA. The new Minister of Disability Services, the Hon Stephen Dawson MLC, is currently reviewing whether WA will have a Federal or State runRead More →

Midlas is holding a free forum for youth with disability on Thursday the 6th of April 2017 from 5.30pm to 7.30pm . Midlas would like to bring youth with disability together to discuss and collaborate on: The big issues Your thoughts on how services and organisations can engage with youRead More →

Midlas today wins the Richard (Dick) Fletcher Award, this award acknowledges a Western Australia local government authority, organisation or group of individuals which has, through a particular field of endeavour, made a significant and enduring contribution to the advancement of consumer protection. It was  an honour to be nominated asRead More →

Being energy efficient does not have to be a laborious process. The less water, power and gas you use, the less you have to pay every 2 to 3 months. Although you may think you are doing everything you can to keep your energy and water bills down there areRead More →

Midlas is holding a free forum for youth with disability on Thursday the 6th of April 2017 from 5.30pm to 7.30pm . Midlas would like to bring youth with disability together to discuss and collaborate on: The big issues Your thoughts on how services and organisations can engage with youRead More →

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The general State Elections are being held on Saturday 11th March 2017. The Electoral Commission have developed a new system called iVote to allow for greater accessibility for people with disability when voting. This Technology Assisted voting system uses the telephone or internet to assist people with disability in votingRead More →

Since July 2016 Centrelink has been using a new online system to obtain information from people whose Tax office records do not match the income they reported to Centrelink, it also assesses and calculates any debts owed. If you have received a letter – saying “Important information about your employmentRead More →