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Speak Out
April 2017
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Tim Kittel
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Brooke Sanderson
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Lee McGovern
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From the President
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NASRHP launched
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Counting the cost of the NDIS
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SPA strategic plan update
12
National conference
17
Early Career Reference Group report
20
NDIS: Quality and safegaurding framework
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Professional practice
28
National SPs in education survey results
30
Ethics news
29
Branch news
33
NDIS update
35
Branch news
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