9 September 2013 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the election of the new Australian Government and offers our congratulations to the incoming Prime Minister, Mr Abbott. We welcome the comments on Saturday night by Mr Abbott that “a good government is one with a duty to help everyone to maximise his or her potential. Indigenous people. […]
11 August 2013 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has called for a coordinated national effort to stamp out violence, abuse and neglect of people with disability and improve access to the justice system. PWDA President Craig Wallace said, “Over the weekend our national social media forum tapped into people who had experienced rough justice, violence, […]
Sunday 4 August 2013 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister Rudd that Western Australia will sign up to DisabilityCare. We understand that DisabilityCare and WA’s individualised support pilot called <i>My Way</i> are to be trialled side by side in different jurisdictions. PWDA President Craig Wallace said “While details are still emerging […]
8 July 2013 People with Disability Australia calls on Federal, State and Local Government, employers in business and the third sector to get real with jobs for people with disability with the launch of our Getting Real on Jobs. “The recent closure of an online petition with 38,000 signatures which called for an increase of the […]
Monday 1 July 2013 Today the national cross-disability peak body, People with Disability Australia (PWDA) called for Myer to stop shooting the messenger and start walking the talk on disability employment. This follows a critical opinion editorial piece in today’s Australian Financial Review by Paul McClintock AO, Chair of Myer. Mr McClintock says Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes […]
17 May 2013 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the commitment by the Coalition to maintain the funding support for the NDIS (DisabilityCare) and ensure the scheme remains true to the principles of the Productivity Commission report. “Last night in his Budget Reply Speech, we were pleased to hear Mr Abbott state that the Coalition will ensure […]