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In 2008 and 2009, the Brimbank City Council was the subject of several investigations into alleged misconduct by councillors. On 30 July 2008, the state MP for Keilor, George Seitz, invoked parliamentary privilege in the Legislative Assembly to accuse former Brimbank mayor Cr Natalie Suleyman of branch stacking, describing her as the "Robert Mugabe of Brimbank".
Around 35,000 people in Belize have a disability. There are efforts to raise awareness about people with disabilities in Belize and counter social stigma . Several non-governmental organizations , including Special Olympics , help increase awareness and the government sponsors an annual Disability Week.
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a United Nations body of 18 experts that meets two times a year in Geneva to consider the reports submitted by 164 UN member states [nb 1] on their compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and to examine individual petitions concerning 94 States Parties [nb 2] to the Optional Protocol.
Moonee Valley City Council is composed of nine single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of three multi-member wards electing three members each, but the electoral structure has changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020. [28] In March 2024, Buckley Ward councillor Cam Nation resigned from council. [29]
In a letter seen by the local newspaper Brimbank Weekly the inspectorate claimed to have found 'insufficient evidence to support a prosecution'. [13] The Ombudsman's report led to the passage of new laws banning councillors from working as staffers to members of Parliament. It also played a role in the eventual sacking of Brimbank Council in ...
People from the City of Brimbank (3 C, 3 P) S. Sport in the City of Brimbank (8 C, 24 P) Suburbs of the City of Brimbank (25 P) Sunshine, Victoria (2 C, 24 P, 1 F) T.
In 2004, the National Council on Disability, an independent Federal agency charged with making recommendations to the President and Congress, issued a report called "Righting the ADA." [ 14 ] This report detailed various ways that the courts had misinterpreted Congressional intent and limited the reach of the ADA, and proposed legislative ...
1988 – The Fair Housing Act was amended to protect people with disabilities from housing discrimination in the areas of rentals, sales, and financing, as outlined in the Civil Rights Act of 1968. The amendment also provided that reasonable modifications had to be made to existing buildings and accessibility had to be constructed into new ...