27th March 2020 To all our valued clients, participants, families, customers and stakeholders Our landscape is changing. Decisions, restrictions and changes ...

Opportunities for those with or without experience in the disability sector now exist with GSL. Hours are intermittent and on a flexible part-time basis as ...

After thorough consideration, we have decided to temporarily close the GSL office and to continue working virtually. For us, this means business as usual, th...

It has been such a busy month that there was no time to upload pictures or blog about the activities. Basketball, creeks, eating, cafe, movies, remote contro...

Find a copy of our CEO's address regarding the COVID-19 here

At GSL a Good Start to Life, we always tailor our services around a client. We look at their needs and dreams and build the structures around them so that th...

Heavy rains in Cairns on Saturday could not stop many Defence families from visiting the defence welcome day held at the Cairns Wildlife Dome. GSL a Good Sta...

I went to a local forum yesterday on positive behaviour support (PBS). It's quite unbelievable to think PBS only really came into it's own in the 1980's. For...

I had a very pleasant surprise on the weekend, and then I remembered this interview on Future Squared between Steve Glaveski and Paul Roos: It's easy to conf...

On the weekend I did some shopping, got a hair cut and caught up with a friend. After catching up on friend and family matters, we shared a little about our ...

Put your left foot in, take your left foot out, put your left foot in, and shake it all about, you do the hokey pokey, and turn yourself around, and that’s w...

How do we measure success? You normally have a starting and an end point. These points are separated by a time period. During this time period certain events...

I remember a skit by comedian Jimeoin. He said that the days of the week are organised wrong. All the good ones are bunched up together - Friday and Saturday...

There's so much in the media about how we connect with one another these days, or maybe, how much we don't. Not so long ago I was away from home, attending a...

I'm wondering if I'm getting to that age when you start repeating yourself? Please say no ... and without dwelling on this depressing thought ... I'm going t...

It was November, 2000, and the location was the food court at Smithfield Shopping Center. The woman standing at the self serve internet kiosk stand was me, a...

Bad news yesterday. One of our young people spent the night in the watch house, and I suspect this latest incident will mean another stint in jail. He has AS...

On Wednesday night I received a text from a parent: ... well done to your amazing team. It's hard sometimes but keep doing what you are doing. It makes a rea...

I'm an introvert. I think I may have said this before? Being an introvert sucks sometimes, and it definitely makes leadership a challenge. Richard Branson, I...

Just by chance I happened across a speech delivered by Arno Rafael Minkkinen in 2004 to graduates of the New England School of Photography (Boston), titled “...