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Deaf Australia Awards
21 August 2008
Each year Deaf Australia gives two awards (Deaf Australian of the Year, and Deaf Australian Youth of the year) to Deaf people who have worked hard for our community, and to an organisation...
Latrobe University Honours Student Auslan Research Project
19 August 2008
Are you passionate about Auslan? Are you interested in linguistic research of Auslan? Contibuting to educational resources for teaching Auslan? Do...
Vicdeaf Launches the Deaf Business Directory
30 July 2008
Vicdeaf has created an opportunity for business owners to be included in a Deaf Business Directory. This means everyone listed in the directory is either Deaf, hard of hearing, or can communicate...
Australia Ratifies UN Disability Convention
18 July 2008
AUSTRALIA RATIFIES UN DISABILITIES CONVENTION Australia has today ratified the UN...
Griffith University Research Project
17 July 2008
Do you feel supported? Do you feel left out of your community? My research hopes to find out what Deaf and hard of hearing Queer/ LGBT...
Who is Deaf Australia?
8 July 2008
Deaf Australia has updated their general flyer with information about who they are and what they do. Please click here to find out more information: ...
Hearing Awareness Week
30 June 2008
Vicdeaf is proud to be a part of Hearing Awareness Week, taking place from the 24th to the 30th of August, 2008. Vicdeaf will be conducting screenings, talks and giving out information in and around...
Support Vicdeaf - Entertainment Books
2 April 2008
Support Vicdeaf by purchasing an Entertainment book from us! ...
Vicdeaf Community Grants Fund and Geoff Fethers Education Fund
1 April 2008
Vicdeaf Community Grants Fund The Vicdeaf Community Grants Fund was established in July 2007 in order to provide one-off grants and funding assistance to support deaf and hard of hearing...
Investigation into access to electronic media...
1 April 2008
Many of you will remember that in early September, the government agreed to run an investigation into access to electronic media for the deaf and hearing impaired. Senator Stott Despoja...
New Service Alliance with Tasmania
1 February 2008
Over the years, there have been many times when Victoria and Tasmania have worked together to provide services to Tasmanian Deaf people. Beginning on 18...
The Auslan Fire Alarm Subsidy Initiative
1 January 2008
The Auslan Fire Alarm Subsidy was launched by the Victorian Government to deliver 600 fire alarms over a two-year period for profoundly deaf Auslan (Australian sign language) users. Vicdeaf...
Volunteering at Vicdeaf
9 August 2007
The Victorian Deaf Society Volunteer program focuses on both the needs of the organisation and the interest shown by community members. A team of more than 50 Volunteers support...
Call queuing to begin at National Relay Service
12 June 2007
Call queuing will help manage the flow of calls to the Relay Service and make life easier for NRS users. It’s easy to dial the National Relay Service to make a call -...
New CEO Graeme Kelly
7 June 2007
The Board of Vicdeaf is pleased announce the appointment of Graeme Kelly as the new CEO of...