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Briana Blackett

Briana Blackett is a journalist and advocate for her two children with disability. After more than 20 years in TV news, she now works for Hireup as part of its Communications and Advocacy team.

Articles by this author

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3rd April 2023

“It’s just wild to me”: NDIS chief Rebecca Falkingham on the disparity between the media coverage and the human impact of the scheme 

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29th March 2023

“Pain, fear, and frustration”: NDIS participants describe their experiences in a damning new parliamentary report

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8th March 2023

Five key things the disability sector needs

Briana Blackett, a woman with red hair wearing a white and black-striped halter dress, sits smiling between her two sons. The trio are at a cafe drinking ice chocolates.

6th March 2023

Why I find it hard to read ‘news’ about autism and the NDIS

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2nd March 2023

Will Australia ever celebrate the disability community the way it celebrates the queer community? 

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5th October 2022

The disability tax

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20th July 2022

Why one word spoken by a feminist icon and aired by Australia’s national broadcaster “triggered” an outcry

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29th May 2022

The Conversations Experience

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4th May 2022

The lovely thing about the Death Star that everyone has overlooked

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28th April 2022

“Dear parents, due to rising costs, we have decided to shut all schools.”

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20th April 2022

Scott Morrison suggests that I have not been blessed because I have disabled children. Here’s where he got it right.

Author, Briana Blackett, with her son at his primary school graduation. Both are laughing.

7th April 2022

The Insiders