Submissions and Reports

2009

Submission to the RACGP - Review of Standards for General Practice Joint Submission [312kb - Word]
Submission to the RACGP - Review of Standards for General Practice Joint Submission [331kb - PDF]

Submission to the NSW Legislative Council's Inquiry into Substitute decision-making for people lacking capacity - Joint submission by PWD and MHCC [719kb - Word]
Submission to the NSW Legislative Council's Inquiry into Substitute decision-making for people lacking capacity - Joint submission by PWD and MHCC [385kb - PDF]

PWD's submission to the National Human Rights Consultation [352kb - Word]
PWD's submission to the National Human Rights Consultation [358kb - PDF]

Response to the Inquiry into the NSW Taxi Industry [35kb - Word]

NGO Shadow Report on Women's Human Rights [748kb - Word]

PUBLIC HEARINGS - Draft Disability (Access to Premises - Buildings) Standards [136kb - Word]

Report on Women with Disabilities Accessing Crisis Services [451kb - Word]
Report on Women with Disabilities Accessing Crisis Services [220kb - PDF]

2008

Submission to the National Disability Strategy [5MB - RTF]

Proposed Merger of the Public Trustee NSW and the Office of the Protective Commissioner [646kb - RTF]

2007

Review of Disability Standards for Public Transport 2002 [135kb - Word]

PWD 2007 Federal Election Exposure Draft [70kb - Word]

2006

Submission to NSW Health Review of the Mental Health Act 1990 Exposure Draft Bill: Mental Health Bill [147kb - Word]
Submission to Standing Committee of Attorneys - General Sterilisation of Children with an Intellectual Disability: Draft Model Bill [192kb - Word]
Australian Fair Pay Commission Supplementary Submission - Minimum Wage Determinations [3.43MB - RTF]
Are the rights of people whose capacity in question being adequately protected and promoted?' A joint submission to the NSW Attorney-General by PWD and Blake Dawson Waldron [140kb - PDF]
Report on Consultations with PWD Members and Stakeholders on the Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities Eighth Session of Ad Hoc Committee14-25 August 2006 [677kb - Word]
PWD's response to the Guardianship Tribunal - Discussion Paper, Proposed Amendments to the Guardianship Act 1987(NSW) [107kb - Word]

PWD's response to Future directions for disability advocacy and specialist information services and consumer peak bodies in NSW [288kb - RTF]

2005

PWD response to the Australian Senate inquiry into the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill [279kb - Word]
PWD response to Striking the balance - women, men, work and family discussion paper by Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Sex Discrimination Commissioner [340kb - Word]
PWD response to interim report of Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission national inquiry into employment and disability [370kb - RTF]
Disability and work: Inclusion or coercion? Paper delivered at the Australian Social Policy Conference 2005 [48kb - RTF]
Report on consultation with people with disability as part of the NSW Parliament, General Purpose Standing Committee inquiry into changes to post school programs for people with disability [2MB - RTF]
Using individual funding to broker support. Question on notice - additional information provided to NSW Parliament General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 Inquiry into Post School Disability Programs [310kb - RTF]

2004

PWD Response to Inquiry into Disability Discrimination Amendment (Education Standards) Bill 2004 [48kb - Word]