September 2016
In this submission, PWDA argues that the Senate Community Affairs Committee recommend that the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2016 not pass the Senate. The proposed amendment to reduce the number of weeks people with disability can maintain Disability Support Pension while travelling overseas will impact disproportionately on refugees and migrants visiting family outside of Australia. Attempts to reduce education educational support for people with disability and parents re-entering the workforce are also detrimental to the needs and rights of those groups.
PWDA submission – Word document