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PWDA Responds to NDIS Review

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is concerned over the direction the Independent National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Review Panel is taking following the announcement of recommendations they are considering during a presentation yesterday and is calling for further consultation.

Submission: Improving NSW Rental Laws

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes this opportunity to provide feedback on the NSW Government’s Improving NSW rental laws consultation paper (July 2023).

Submission: NDIS Cost & Affordability

This is PWDA’s Submission 2 to the NDIS Review responding to The role of pricing and payment approaches in improving participant outcomes and scheme sustainability Paper

Submission: A Human Rights Act for All

Our key recommendation to the Inquiry is that Australia enacts a federal human rights act that upholds the rights of all Australians, including people with disability.

PWDA Responds to NDIS Data Breach

PWDA urges people with disability to remain vigilant to suspicious activity in the wake of the HWL Ebsworth data breach, which impacted National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants, prospective participants, their families and supports as well as NDIS staff earlier this year.

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Post-Covid Forum

The experiences and feedback shared by members at the forum, along with the survey responses will now contribute to the PWDA Board’s Position Statement on COVID-19.

Submission: NDIS access, eligibility, and planning

This is PWDA’s Submission 1 responding to the Independent Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) – Access, eligibility, and planning

Days are numbered for Restrictive Practices

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is proud to be part of the Disabled Peoples’ Organisations Australia (DPOA) delegation to the 16th session of the United Nations Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Submission: NDIS Review of Participant Safeguarding

This is a submission responding to the NDIS Review Secretariat, Participant Safeguarding Review.

Submission: Gender Equality Discussion Paper

This is a submission responding to the Australian Government’s National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality discussion paper.