What’s in our February 2025 Newslette

• Vice President’s Report – Hello to all our readership, I hope this newsletter finds you safe and well. You may be like me, in that you are finding it difficult to believe we have almost completed February 2025. Do you remember Grandparents telling you that as you age life seems to pass more quickly? Well, here is the tip “they were right” AGAIN.
• Post Polio Victoria Represented at the Mooney Valley Council Disability Week Forum – Peter Freckleton and Robyn Abrahams attended. Peter spoke along with other attendees with other disabilities about local issues related to the complexities of the law and disability, and moreover the care and safety needs particularly of the physically disabled.
• Breaking News – New NDIS Minister – NDIS Minister Bill Shorten will step down from his position on Monday 20th, nine days ahead of schedule. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced Amanda Rishworth will take over as NDIS Minister.

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What’s in our December 2024 Newsletter

• President’s Report –Merry Christmas one and all! I was honoured to be voted in as president of PPV, although deeply conscious that I can in no sense emulate the stellar presidency so ably conducted by Shirley.
• Polio Oz News – Volume 14 – 2024
• Health and Aged Care Update

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What’s in our November 2024 Newsletter

• Last chance to register for the Annual General Meeting, 26 November 2024, 7.00pm (AEDT), register before by 5pm, 26 November 2024 (AEDT)
• Our own Robyn Abraham and Susan Shaab attended the Four days Ageing Gracefully conference in Hobart – 12th – 15th November 2024
• International Day of People with Disability 2024, Sunday, 01 December 2024, 2.00 to 4.00pm, Village Cinemas, Airport West, 8 Louis St, Airport West

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What’s in our October 2024 Newsletter

• President’s Report – October is traditionally Polio Awareness Month. This year, I was honoured to introduce the annual ‘paws for polio walk’, a significant event that brought our community together to raise awareness. The event, organised by the Rotary Passport Club of Melbourne and joined by Mayor Fiona Stilwell from Bayside Council, was a testament to our collective commitment to the cause.
• Call for Expressions of Interest for Possible PPV Board Membership – With the next Post Polio Victoria (PPV) Annual General Meeting due to be held on November 26th the PPV Board invites expressions of Interest from PPV members for possible membership of the Board for 2025 going forward. As we approach the end of the 2024 calendar year there are Two vacant positions.

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What’s in our September 2024 Newsletter

• President’s report – It has been a busy couple of months. In early August, speaking engagements were carried out with two lovely groups: the Probus Group of Mt Waverley and the Salvation Army in Glen Waverley. Robyn and I were honoured to meet with Nick McGowan, a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing the North-Eastern Metropolitan area
• Polio Australia – Awareness October 2024
• Paws for Polio Walk – 06 October 2024 – 10.00am — 12.30pm
• Polio Day – 23 October 2024 – 10.00am to 3.00pm

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What is in our August 2024 newsletter

• ‘Nothing inventive about it’: Polio survivor’s idea to fix station access – Our own polio survivor, Jeff Stewart knows how difficult it can be to get from one platform to another at the Ballarat Train Station
• Polio Day 2024 – 23 October 2024 – 10am to 3pm – Seaview, 71 Morris Street, Williamstown 3016
• Case Study of Obtaining Orthotic Devices Through Home Care Package Funding – This description of difficulties experienced by a Polio Survivor when seeking to obtain funding through a Home Care Package for a Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis (KAFO) is provided by an Orthotist at a Melbourne Orthotics and Prosthetics practice.

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What’s in our July 2024 Newsletter

• President’s Message -Since our last newsletter, Robyn and I have attended the ARIIA (Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia) Conference. This year’s theme was “Living Well, Ageing Well, Dying Well.” The conference lasted two full days and featured speakers covering various topics.
• Sister Kenny Polio Timeline Exhibit Unveiling – Queensland – Opening 16th August at 2.00 pm – Polio Australia would like to inform you about the upcoming opening of the Sister Kenny Timeline Exhibit at the Sr Kenny Museum. The hosts and museum curators Tricia and Tony Wallen would be delighted to have members of the post-polio community attend this special occasion. Please share this event information with your network.

• Maggie Beer’s aged care crusade hits the screen -THE inspirational Maggie Beer’s crusade to improve the food and nutrition in Australia’s aged care sector hits TV screens this month with Maggie Beer’s Big Mission – a three-part series premiering on Tuesday 9 July on ABC TV.

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What’s in our June 2024 Newsletter?

• President’s Message – Robyn & I had the privilege of attending the National Summit on Neurological Conditions at Parliament House Canberra, a significant event organised by the Neurological Alliance Australia (NAA). This summit was a crucial platform for us to stay informed and involved in the advocacy efforts for neurological conditions.
• Polio Survivor and Paralympian, Brian McNicholl’s OAM, Early Polio Story -Brian’s life has been full of competition and energy, despite the need to overcome his early Polio experience. This is his story and a description by his Mother of the early Polio years
• Passing of Donald Sutherland – Donald McNichol Sutherland was born on 17 July 1935, in Saint John, New Brunswick and passed away 20 June 2024 . As a child, Sutherland suffered from multiple diseases, including hepatitis, rheumatic fever and polio.

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