Elephant in the Room - Training and Consultancy Pty Ltd

10/09/2025

Mitch is putting in a mammoth effort to raise funds and awareness for Angelmans Syndrome our mate Ted joined him as they came into Dubbo. If you’re travelling between Dubbo and Newcastle show Mitch some support!

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08/09/2025

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Thank you jamiechaffey for advocating for families and service providers. These changes have a massive impact for our participants across rural and remote NSW.

01/09/2025

Last week was Speech Pathology Week, celebrating the incredible role speech pathologists play in helping the millions of Australians that live with communication and swallowing needs.

Here at Elephant in the Room we're incredibly lucky to have a team of 4 speech pathologists – Brooke, Eliza, Jemma and Natalie – and we are proud of the difference their hard work and dedication is making in our communities.

We'd like to give a special shout out as well to our therapy assistants and support coordinators who support our speechies behind the scenes and in therapy sessions.

Thank you team!!

22/08/2025

Go The Panthers 🐾🐾
Good Luck to the Gilgandra Panthers U14’s and U16’s as they play in their Grand Finals Today!
We are proud to sponsor these legends!

10/08/2025

If you're in Dubbo on 23 August and looking for something to do do, you should absolutely go along to "Are You Pulling My Leg?" at Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre.

It's a comedy show by comedians with disabilities or chronic illnesses, and we just love that it's giving opportunities for performers who traditionally haven't had the same stage access.

The show will also be live captioned and Auslan interpreted to help everyone get the punchlines.

All the details are here: https://www.drtcc.com.au/season-program/are-you-pulling-my-leg

📍 Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre
🗓️ Saturday, 23 August from 7.30PM
⏱️ 80 minutes (no interval)
🔞 Strictly 18+ (it's a bit cheeky!)

31/07/2025

The campaign continues. Please take the time to put your name to this petition and stop the NDIS Pricing cuts.

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Over 60,000 people have now signed the petition to stop the NDIS pricing cuts. Thank you all! Today, I’ll table your signatures in Parliament. Each and every name now will then be on the parliamentary record. Together, we’ve made this impossible to ignore.

Haven't signed yet, or want to learn more? ➡️ change.org/p/stand-up-for-disability-support-stop-the-ndis-cuts

[ID: Jordon sits in front of his Canberra office door, smiling holding a box that has "STOP NDIS PRICE GUIDE CUTS" written boldly on the side. Graphic text next to Jordon reads "Our Petition," with an arrow that points inside the box. Behind Jordon, a rainbow striped Greens loo and Save Scott Reef Poster is displayed on his door.]

15/07/2025

While the NDIS has us looking one way they are asking for input on other supports another way - please take the time to complete these surveys we are sharing, it’s so important as this is how the NDIA gather their info

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There is still time to have your say about NDIS Supports.

Consultation will close on 27 July.

For more information, including in Easy Read and Auslan, visit: https://engage.dss.gov.au/ndis-supports-rule/

09/07/2025

Today we had a rare opportunity to speak directly to our federal MP Jamie Chaffey MP about the needs of people with disabilities in our communities.

Nat, one of our directors, represented us at a roundtable with other local service providers. Nat spoke about the recent changes to NDIS funding and how it undermines the choice, equity, control and wellbeing of the people it’s supposed to support. Nat also spoke about how the changes are straining already overwhelmed service providers.

Thanks to Jamie and his team for organising today, and for taking the time to listen.

07/07/2025

Looking for our initial referral form? It's linked in the comments of this post 🐘

13/06/2025

This is crunch time - let your parliamentary representatives state and federal know what you think. This will have huge implications for our rural and remote participants.
Roy Butler MP Mark Butler MP Anthony Albanese Jamie Chaffey for Parkes

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Stand up for disability care! SARRAH urges the Australian Government to reject harmful proposed pricing changes. Read more at the link below

https://sarrah.au/NDIS

13/06/2025

At Elephant In The Room, we pride ourselves on having well trained, knowledgeable support coordinators that bring creativity and passion to their role. For more information, contact our admin team on 0499 383 883.

12/06/2025

We are a client focused business that is passionate about providing person centred care for our participants.

Unfortunately this is becoming increasingly challenging in the current NDIS climate. The new price guide is due to be released but the communication from the NDIS and the price review is not looking positive

https://www.ndis.gov.au/providers/pricing-arrangements/making-pricing-decisions/annual-pricing-review Annual pricing review | NDIS

We love what we do and want to keep doing what we do but financially this is getting harder for us to sustain. If you are concerned about potential changes please reach out to us as well as your members of parliament and the NDIS ministers.

Help advocate for us to keep doing what we do in supporting and empowering and developing skills for individuals with a disability.

The NDIA is committed to the continuous improvement of the methodologies underpinning the NDIS price controls framework. A combination of market data, research, public consultation and regular industry engagement informs changes to pricing arrangements and price limits.