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11 May 2012
Coroner condemns Dickensian state of licensed boarding houses
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has today called for the NSW Government to step up their obligation to recognise, protect and fulfil the human rights of people with disability living in the licensed boarding house sector following yet another damning account of the state of this sector revealed by Magistrate Jerram, State Coroner, following the inquest into the deaths of six people with disability living in a licensed boarding house at 300 Livingstone Road, Marrickville.
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10 May 2012
Disability representative organisations welcome funds for NDIS
AFDO and PWDA tonight warmly welcomed the strong commitment made in the budget to the development of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The allocation of $1billion over 4 years will go towards the building blocks of a revolutionary new scheme, which will eventually replace the current broken, unfair and underfunded system across the country.
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1 May: PWD welcomes Government commitments and looks towards next steps for the NDIS
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes yesterday’s announcement by the Prime Minister that funds will be made available in next week’s Federal Budget to begin the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in the middle of 2013.
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30 April: Let’s make our rights real - An NDIS supported by strong, independent advocacy
Disability advocates from around Australia gathered on Northbourne Ave today to join the call for a comprehensive National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia.
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20 April: National Youth Week: PWD supports Australian Youth Ambassador for Development
People with Disability Australia (PWD) is proud to be partnering with the Australian Youth Ambassador for Development (AYAD) program to support Stephanie Hubbard in her role as a Communications and Marketing Officer with the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) in Fiji. The PDF is an organisation which facilitates regional cooperation on disability related concerns and works to achieve inclusive, barrier-free, socially just and gender equitable societies that recognise the human rights, citizenship, contribution and potential of people with disability in Pacific Countries and territories.
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30 March: PWD welcomes new representative body of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability
“Today is an historic day for the disability rights movement in Australia, with the official launch of the First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN). This organisation is a first of its kind, uniting networks of Aboriginal people throughout Australia to advocate for change in the way our country approaches people disability,” says Jan Daisley, President of People with Disability Australia (PWD).
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16 March: Six deaths too many: Boarding house reform must happen NOW
People with Disability Australia (PWD), the NSW Consumer Advisory Group – Mental Health Inc., the Australian Centre for Disability Law, Dr Gabrielle Drake, and the Tenant’s Union of NSW urgently calls on the NSW Government to act decisively in response to the terrible revelations from this week’s Coronial inquest into the deaths of six people with disability at a Sydney licensed boarding house and start making real reforms in the boarding house sector.
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16 February: Re-launch of Fraser Coast Individual Advocacy Service
Today People with Disability Australia (PWD) is proud to re-launch its Individual Advocacy Service for people with disability across the Fraser Coast region. This service provides short to medium term, non-legal, issue-based advocacy support to people with disability who have serious and urgent issues.
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6 February: Fearless advocate fought for the rights of people with disability to have a voice
Today members of the community will come together to celebrate the life and achievements of Kim Walker (also known as Carol Pein), a leader within the disability rights movement in Australia and a passionate advocate who devoted much of her life to defending the rights of people with disability.
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17 January: Jetstar to continue second class treatment of people with disability
People with Disability Australia (PWD) joins the growing call for changes to Australia’s anti-discrimination laws following the Federal Court’s decision last Friday, which has left Jetstar’s discriminatory two wheelchair policy intact and a passenger with disability, Ms Sheila King with $20,000 to pay in court costs.
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12 January: Keeping the dole low will increase hardship, not employment
People with Disability Australia (PWD) and the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (ADFO) have expressed disappointment about comments made today by Federal Employment Minister Bill Shorten ruling out increases to the Newstart Allowance.
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Australia is currently taking place
The Universal Periodic Review is a process undertaken by the United Nations Human Rights Council to review the human rights records of all 192 Member States of the United Nations once every four years. This is the first time Australia has been reviewed by the UPR.
PWD is on the NGO working group that prepared the NGO report to the UN for its review of Australia. We are now watching closely to make sure human rights issues that affect people with disability remain a focus.
Over the past few days a number of countries have requested further information about the forced sterilisation of women with disability in Australia. PWD, in collaboration with Women with Disability Australia, have provided this information to the delegation. It has now been indicated that one Member State, Belgium, will be asking a question at the review about sterilisation practices in Australia. This is a great opportunity for this continuing crime to be exposed to the international community.
To watch the review process taking place LIVE, please click here (note: due to time differences much of the review process takes place at night)
- Click here to watch the review process taking place LIVE, please click here (note: due to time differences much of the review process takes place at night)
- Click here to read and watch NGO Delegation Updates at the Human Rights Law Resource Centre website here
- Click here to learn more about PWD’s participation in the NGO Working Group.
The Australian NGO delegation has prepared a summary of the proceedings. Click here to read this summary. They have tried to provide an update on each of the thematic areas identified by the NGO coalition, so hopefully the update is interesting and useful.
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