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Life Without Barriers

Donor-Contractor
CharityRegistryPBIABN 15101252171NSW
Relationships
341
Data Sources
1
Political Donations
$39K
Contract Value
$1.0B
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Data as of: 8 May 2026
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About

Life Without Barriers is a large registered charity based in Newcastle, NSW. Its purposes include general public, reconciliation. It serves: general community.

Government Funding ($645.6M)

Child Protection - Placement Services
209 records · 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
$205.0M
Specialised Services and Support
21 records · 2022-23
$113.2M
Child Safety Services
4 records · 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12
$98.0M
Child Safety
1 record · 2012-13
$22.7M
Child Protection - Support Services
27 records · 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
$19.6M
Disability Services
1 record · 2012-13
$17.9M
Disability Services (including Community and Mental Health) (excluding Home and Community Care)
1 record · 2011-12
$17.8M
Disability & Community Mental Health Services (includes MAQ)
1 record · 2010-11
$16.9M
Disability and Community Mental Health Services and Multicultural Affairs
1 record · 2009-10
$16.4M
Disability and Community Mental Health Services
1 record · 2008-09
$12.9M
Showing top 10 of 675 funding records

Political Donations ($39K)

National Disability Services Limited
2 donations · 2021-22–2021-22
$30K
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
2 donations · 2014-15–2014-15
$5K
Liberal Party of Australia, NSW Division
2 donations · 2005-2006–2005-2006
$4K

Lobbying Connections (1)

Top Contracts (top 5)

Permanency Support Program - Life Without Barriers OOHC Statewide
NSW Department of Communities and Justice · Sept 2022–June 2027
$623.7M
Permanency Support Program - Life Without Barriers OOHC Statewide
NSW Department of Communities and Justice · Sept 2022–June 2027
$623.7M
0070010661
Department of Home Affairs · Aug 2014–June 2023
$129.8M
All Centres - Stage 2 - Request for Tender - Provision of Intensive Therapeutic Residential Care for a Period of 60 Months
NT Territory Families - Operational Support · May 2020
$100.0M
0070001151
Department of Home Affairs · Jan 2010–June 2014
$41.1M

Financial History (1 years)

YearRevenueExpensesAssetsSurplus
2017$413.1M$413.6M$136.2M$621K
Govt Revenue
$401.9M
0
Staff (FTE)
3,030
Volunteers
2,810
Donations Received
$87K

Community Evidence

External Evidence

Identity

GS ID
AU-ABN-15101252171
ABN
15101252171
Sector
Indigenous
Financial Year
2017

Focus Areas

Purposes
General PublicReconciliation
Beneficiaries
General Community

Board & Leadership (9)

  • Elizabeth McEntyre
    board member
  • Shannon Tobolov
    board member
  • Gregory Ridder
    chair
  • Catherine Taylor
    director
  • Helen Szoke
    director
  • Karen Knight
    director
  • Natalie Walker
    director
  • Rajiv Viswanathan
    director
  • Paula Head
    secretary

Financials

Revenue
$750.0M
Assets
$136.2M

Method

Match Confidence
registry
Cross-references
1 dataset
Match Key
ABN
Relationships
341

Matched by Australian Business Number (ABN) — high confidence. This entity was found across multiple government datasets using the same ABN.

Data Sources

ACNC

JusticeHub

External Link

This entity is also tracked in JusticeHub with 1 intervention and 1 evidence record.

External ecosystem profile linked from GrantScope for additional context. JusticeHub content is maintained separately.

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Location Intelligence

Postcode
2300
Locality
BAR BEACH
Remoteness
Major Cities of Australia
SEIFA Disadvantage
Decile 8/10
LGA
Newcastle
Entities in Area
327
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Donor-Contractor

This entity has both donated to political parties (6 donations totalling $39K) and holds government contracts (72 contracts worth $1.0B).