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  • DBV member tells Kokoda story in Hireup video

    DBV’s Joe Monteleone used “Hireup” to support him in walking the Kokoka Track. “I’d been told that I couldn’t. People said it’s just going to be impossible. I really had to ignore that negativity and try and overcome the barriers and prove them wrong.”- Joe The Hireup website has the full story with a video…

    DBV member tells Kokoda story in Hireup video
  • Social isolation is not new to us – Podcast with DBV’s Heather Lawson

    Heather Lawson was invited to participate in an interview for a podcast program which was two minutes long with John McKenna – “So.. podcast”. It was published on Friday 3rd April 2020. It is called “social isolation is not new to us”. The episode featuring her is episode number 13. There is an Auslan translation…

    Social isolation is not new to us – Podcast with DBV’s Heather Lawson