Media Releases

2009

3 December : Human Rights will end poverty for People with Disability - International Day of People with Disability 2009 [58kb - word]

24 November : Jetstar in the hot seat in the Federal Court over wheelchair access [187kb - word]

24 November : Entitlement to assistance and support, not handouts [30kb - word]

23 March : A Common Reality: Undiagnosed Impairment in Indigenous Communities Response to Lateline program aired 23.03.09. [164kb - word]

3 February : PWD welcomes the Federal Government’s ‘Nation Building and Jobs Plan' [100kb - RTF]

2008

31 October : Migration Decision at Odds with UN Disability Convention Obligations [1.67MB - RTF]

14 October : Bonus payment a welcome first for Disability Support Pensioners [100kb - RTF]

22 September : Disability pensioners the 'forgotten people' [100kb - RTF]

11 September : Disability Pension Rise Needed Now [99kb - RTF]

2007

16 November : Bonus fee for wheelchair accessible Taxis - A bandaid solution [30kb - word]

9 October : Sterilisation Of Children With Disability An Outrage [53kb - word]

15 August : Clocks turned back on accommodation reforms for people with disability [37kb - word]
Letter to the Editor [25kb - word]

30 March : Australia signs treaty on disability rights – a cause for celebration for all Australians with disability [34kb - word]

2006

30 August : International disability rights move to the forefront [7kb - RTF]

18 July : Disability plan welcomed - let's get on with it together: Joint Statement [30kb - Word]

3 July : Maurice Corcoran: award of the Member of the Order of Australia [20kb - word]

29 June : Boarding house monitoring - time to act [20kb - word]

2005

9 November : Welfare to work package inadequate and harsh [12kb - word]

15 September : ACOSS, welfare groups and charities issue joint call to change Welfare to Work package: Joint Statement [25kb - word]

11 May : People with disability - two classes - punished and ignored [40kb - word]

Feb/Mar : Women and girls with disability - a call to action

15 February : New alliance calls for disability welfare reform: Joint Statement [RTF] [24kb - word]

7 February : Consult first then reform, disability and welfare organisations tell the PM: Joint Statement [25kb - word]

2004

3 December : Human rights is the key message [33kb - word]

July : Statement in relation to Peter Singer and the Don Dunstan Oration [30kb - word]

July : Regressive changes to disability services rejected [41kb - word]

April : Government fails in draft building design laws [30kb - word]

April : Abandoned children, abandoned families [30kb - word]

April : Landmark ruling: Insurance companies must stop unlawful disability discrimination [30kb - word]

February : Children with disability most likely to be institutionalised [33kb - word]

2003

December : Australia-USA free-trade agreement and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Joint Statement [31kb - word]