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'An integral part': the case for sex work to remain on the NDIS
Manage episode 428064773 series 2664539
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has promised to ban funding sex work services for people with disability under the national disability insurance scheme.
However, the promise has been met with backlash from advocates saying that sexual intimacy is a human right with the the federal court deeming the funding reasonable and necessary just four years ago.
Bension Siebert is joined by Oliver Morton-Evans, who has cerebral palsy and has himself used paid sex work to help him experience sexual intimacy, to explain why sex work services are important for people under the NDIS, and why his work with Touching Base is so important.
Headlines:
New report shows 1 in 5 Aussies have committed sexual violence
Distressing CCTV footage of police repeatedly striking an Indigenous teenager has been revealed
Jillian Segel AO appointed to combat antisemitism
Australia accuses Chinese spy agency of cyber attacks
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1630 episodes
Manage episode 428064773 series 2664539
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has promised to ban funding sex work services for people with disability under the national disability insurance scheme.
However, the promise has been met with backlash from advocates saying that sexual intimacy is a human right with the the federal court deeming the funding reasonable and necessary just four years ago.
Bension Siebert is joined by Oliver Morton-Evans, who has cerebral palsy and has himself used paid sex work to help him experience sexual intimacy, to explain why sex work services are important for people under the NDIS, and why his work with Touching Base is so important.
Headlines:
New report shows 1 in 5 Aussies have committed sexual violence
Distressing CCTV footage of police repeatedly striking an Indigenous teenager has been revealed
Jillian Segel AO appointed to combat antisemitism
Australia accuses Chinese spy agency of cyber attacks
Follow The Briefing:
TikTok: @listnrnewsroom
Instagram: @listnrnewsroom @thebriefingpodcast
YouTube: @LiSTNRnewsroom
Facebook: @LiSTNR Newsroom
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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