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Our Southside service has officially launched!!

For responsive and flexible evening help, MACS will be at your door. Available between 7pm and 2am, with plan to extend to meet demand.5 minutes to 55 minutes Within a 30 minute radius of UnderwoodPlanned or unplanned
July 2018 Newsletter

July 2018 Newsletter

It’s not often we get to post a sporty action photo in our newsletter but this month was an exception. “Dave” (a.k.a. MACS manager Alison Herring), is pictured above representing Brisbane in the state basketball championships held in June. You’ll have to download the...

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Newsletters of seasons past…

In the spirit of “better late than never”, here’s our back catalogue of newsletters from 2017 and 2018 so far. Newsletters are published every two months and if you would like to save trees and have a digital copy emailed, just send us an email at macs@macsinc.org.au...

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The YouTube NDIS channel

The one thing the NDIS certainly doesn’t have a shortage of is information about the scheme, but it can be hard to know where to start. So if you’re more of a “sounds and moving pictures” learner, rather than reading through brochures, manuals, and other written...

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From NDIS with love…

Many people may have received an introductory letter from the NDIS in January. This letter refers to a phone call you may receive, called an “access request”, which should just be to confirm your eligibility to access the scheme. This is not the same thing as your...

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Emergency Phone Etiquette

Emergency Phone Etiquette

Just a friendly reminder that the emergency on-call phone should only be contacted after-hours in emergency situations. For the health and well-being of our staff, we need to minimise the number of after-hours calls to this phone, particularly if they’re not urgent....

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NDIS Update – What’s in a name?

NDIS Update – What’s in a name?

One of the hopefully good things about the NDIS, once it’s fully rolled out, will be its funding portability. Instead of being tied to a service provider (usually a bad thing), the service participant (that’s you) can take their funding wherever they like. Hopefully...

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NDIS Update – Knowledge is Power

NDIS Update – Knowledge is Power

Many service users are no doubt looking forward to the rollout of the NDIS in Queensland. If you’re like MACS staff and the Management Committee, that’s probably with a mixture of hope and apprehension. More specifically though, people want to know what MACS is doing...

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