2025 Federal Election Hub

Our Election Hub is the key source for all of PWDA’s 2025 Federal Election information, including our official election platform, media releases, ways to get involved and more.

• 2025 Federal Election Platform
• Community activation kit
• Take the pledge
• Online Member Forum
• Voting resources for people with disability
• Key voting dates

Vote for Disability Rights in 2025

Too often, people with disability have been ignored in decisions that shape our lives. In 2025, we can change that.

NDIS funding must be secured, foundational supports must be consistently available and income support payments must cover the true cost of disability without pushing us into poverty. We need accessible housing, stronger human rights protections including for LGBTIQA+ people with disability, better representation in government and an inclusive public sector. These aren’t luxuries—they’re necessities.

We are voters, and we decide elections. With 5.5 million people with disability in Australia—and millions of family, friends and allies—we are a force candidates can’t ignore.

Our votes matter. Let’s make change happen.

• 5.5 million Australians with disability.
• 706,000 NDIS participants.
• Millions more friends, family and allies

Download our 2025 Federal Election platform here in accessible PDF format.

Our Federal Election Platform

PWDA calls on all political candidates and parties to commit to our seven key priorities to advance disability rights and ensure the full economic and social inclusion of Australians with disability.

1. Invest in the NDIS
   Guarantee long-term, sustainable funding, ensure participant control over our supports and prevent cost-cutting that restricts access to essential supports.
2. Fund Nationally Consistent Foundational Supports
   Ensure disability supports outside the NDIS are consistently available and delivered. These supports are essential not optional for the 5.5 million Australians with disability, including the nearly 5 million who aren’t on the NDIS.
3. Raise the Rate
   Increase income support payments, including the Disability Support Pension (DSP) and JobSeeker, to above the poverty line so people with disability can afford the cost of living and achieve financial security. Increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance to cover the real cost of accessible housing.
4. Make Housing Accessible
   Mandate the “Livable Housing Design Silver Standard” in the National Construction Code across all states and territories and commit to a national housing plan that meets the needs of people with disability.
5. Ensure Disability Representation in Government
   Create a Minister for Disability Inclusion in Federal Cabinet and establish a dedicated Department of Disability Equality and Inclusion.
6. Protect Our Human Rights
   Strengthen disability rights through a Human Rights Act and improvements to the Disability Discrimination Act. Fully fund individual and systemic advocacy services so people with disability can protect and enforce their rights.
7. Support Diversity in the Public Sector
   Increase employment of people with disability and safeguard diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in federal public sector workplaces.

Community activation kit

Our Community Activation Kit is designed to help you take action on the issues that matter most to people with disability in the 2025 Federal Election.

We’ve created some social media tiles for you to share and tell your friends and family that you will be voting for disability rights this election.

Accessibility tip: Remember to include alt text and/or image descriptions when sharing to make them accessible. Learn more.

Take the pledge: vote for disability rights

I pledge to vote for a future where people with disability are heard, valued, and included—where our rights, services, and financial security are protected, and where politicians are held accountable to our community.

By pledging to vote, I commit to supporting policies that secure the NDIS, fund nationally consistent foundational supports, raise income support, ensure accessible housing, and ensure people with disability are represented in government and the public sector.

PWDA Federal Election Member Online Forum

Our votes count. Let’s make change happen!

Join us ahead of the election to discuss the seven key priorities PWDA is calling on all political candidates and parties to commit to and what you can do to take action to make your vote count!

When: Wednesday 16 April 2025

• 1.00pm – 2.30pm AEST (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Tasmania)
• 12.30pm – 2.00pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
• 11.00am – 12.30pm AWST (Perth)  

Where: Zoom (Access link will be sent closer to the event)
Cost: Free

Voting resources for people with disability

Voting in the 2025 Federal Election will take place on Saturday 3 May. Some people also choose to vote early. Early voting will open on Tuesday 22 April.

Check out this useful information for people with disability provided by the Australian Electoral Commission including social stories, Easy Read.

Key voting dates

• Last day to update your details or enrol – Monday 7 April,
• Start of early voting – Tuesday 22 April
• Close of postal vote applications – Wednesday 30 April
• Election Day – Saturday 3 May

Media releases

• PWDA Launches Election Platform to Secure Progress for People with Disability 
• Joint Statement: People with disability invisible in Federal Budget –
• Federal Budget 2025: People with disability invisible in key budget measures but funding for disability supports a start
• “We will be watching” – People with Disability Australia warns against cuts to the NDIS – People with Disability Australia

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