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National Disability Services (NDS™) is Australia’s peak body for disability service organisations, and Australia’s biggest and most diverse network of disability service providers.
Our valued members collectively operate several thousand services for more than 300,000 Australians with disability and employ a workforce of more than 100,000 people.
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Disability at Work Day 1 - Late Afternoon Sessions
Plenary

Plenary

3:30 pm

14 August 2025

Plenary

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Session Program

3:30 pm

Panel: Disability Employment Transformation - recent data collection insights
Loki Ball - Co-CEO, Co-Founder - Performl, Garry Simpson - COO - Ability Round Table, Paul Musso - Policy Advisor Employment - NDS
Panel will discuss and share insights from recent disability employment data collection exercises (supported employment and broader employment data).

4:00 pm

Panel: The updated NDS Vision and position paper for supported employment and disability social enterprise
Phil Hayes-Brown - CEO - Wallara, Rodney Von-Clarke - CEO - Flagstaff, Michael Perusco - CEO - NDS, Cherie Jolly - Executive Manager Business Services - Orana Australia Limited
A walk through the recent work updating NDS's Industry Vision for Supported employment and its goals and objectives.

4:30 pm

The Value of Employment Peak Body Collaboration
Bryan McCormick - Head of Government Relations and Policy - Amplify Alliance , Maeve Kennedy - Deputy CEO - Inclusion Australia, Colin Entwistle - Head of Employment - NDS, Peter Bacon - CEO - Disability Employment Australia
A panel discussion with the employment peaks on the value of collaboration and gaining stronger cut through on disability employment priorities.

5:00 pm

Keynote: Beyond the Tentacles – A Personal Perspective on Psychosocial Disability and Support
James Harkness
Looking at the myths and misunderstandings of psychosocial disability, my life before and after the NDIS, and what has helped me return to work.

National Disability Services (NDS™) is Australia’s peak body for disability service organisations, and Australia’s biggest and most diverse network of disability service providers.
Our valued members collectively operate several thousand services for more than 300,000 Australians with disability and employ a workforce of more than 100,000 people.

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