New Disability Web Portal

May 18 / 2006 by Kevin Marron

A national disability internet portal is now part of the Australian Government’s website australia.gov.au. The website links to information and services on over 700 Australian Government websites as well as selected state and territory resources. australia.gov.au also searches over five million government web pages.

The disability portal http://www.australia.gov.au/367 provides coordinated access to a range of online disability-related information and resources:

• Centrelink;
• Carelink Centres and Directory;
• CRS Australia;
• FaCSIA including Business Services;
• Disability Open Employment Services;
• Disability Rights;
• HealthInsite;
• JobAble;
• Information for individuals and communities; and
• National Auslan Booking and Payment Service.