We are upgrading our website, so there are several new features, and plenty more to come. This is the first stage of improvements that you will see over the next few months. Much of the content from the old website will be transitioned over the next few months, so if what you are looking for […]
24 June 2018 Today’s ABC Background Briefing report, into shocking cases of the killing of people with disability, shows why a Royal Commission into all forms of violence against people with disability is so urgent and important. “This new report exposes the terrible deaths of people with disability at the hands of those who are closest […]
19 June 2018 Today’s NSW State Budget was a missed opportunity to make sure people with disability get our fair share of the state’s common prosperity “The NSW Government could have used today to make sure that NSW was a great place for people with disability to live, with accessible transport, housing and infrastructure,” said […]
11 May 2018 Today’s release of new mental health guidelines by the NSW Government show the importance of a systemic approach to preventing violence and abuse of people with disability. “People with disability have a right to be free of violence in all our institutions, including when they are seeking the medical care they need […]
8 May 2018 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the Federal Government’s commitment to its share of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) so that people with disability have the services and supports they need and deserve. “We hope that this now ends the uncertainty for people with disability, the ongoing political debate and the […]
26 March 2018 People with disability, disability information and advocacy services and MPs will rally in Queanbeyan Park at 11am today to call on the Deputy Premier John Barilaro to act to save them. “Disability advocacy and information services will close in NSW on June 30 unless the NSW Government reverses their cuts to our […]