Submissions and reports (grid)
We’re using evidence and analysis to make change.
A key part of how we advance the disability rights agenda is by developing submissions that respond to the policies, practices and programs of government and industry.
After consulting with our members and clients as well as our community and research partners, we write detailed submissions and reports on many different issues which provide relevant analysis as well as recommendations that will improve the lives of people with disability.
Below you’ll find our submissions and reports, dating from the most recent all the way back to 2009 in a grid style! If you know the name of a specific document, you can use the Search function at the top right of the webpage to find it quickly.
Click here if you prefer to view our submissions and reports by year and month.
- PWDA submission for improving the National Construction Code
This joint submission with NEDA and WWDA to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) provides general disability rights and specific from CALD backgrounds and women and girls with disability. - Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsThis joint submission with NEDA and WWDA to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) provides general disability rights and specific from CALD backgrounds and women and girls with disability.
- Submission into the Continuing Operation of the National Redress SchemePWDA Submission to the Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into the Continuing Operation of the National Redress Scheme.
- Submission to the NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025Submission to NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 review The Bill would change the NDIS Act 2013 to give the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission stronger powers, and to make specific operational changes to the NDIA.
- Targeted Funding Required to Address Gaps Affecting People with DisabilityPeople with disability were largely invisible in the last Federal Budget. PWDA urges the Government to implement the recommendations outlined in this submission in the 2026/7 Federal Budget.
- People with Disability Australia 2026-27 NSW Pre Budget SubmissionPeople with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes this opportunity to provide comment on the NSW 2026-27 Budget.
- PWDA Submission into Southeast Asia Free Trade Agreements Modernisation ReviewPWDA welcomed the opportunity to provide comment to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) Southeast Asia Free Trade Agreements Modernisation Review (the Review).
- PWDA Submission into Disability Safeguards ConsultationPWDA provide comment on the Disability Safeguards Consultation. We provide information about key safeguarding concerns that we have heard from our community.
- Department of Social Services Automation Artificial Intelligence Ethics Framework
PWDA Submission to Department of Social Services Automation Artificial Intelligence Ethics Framework - PWDA Submission into New South Wales University SectorPWDA response to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the New South Wales University Sector.
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