Australian Law Reform Commission Discussion Paper: Review Of The Family Law System

November 2018 Reforms need to include making information about the Family Law System more accessible, ensure that parents with disability aren’t discriminated against, making courts more accessible, recognise the legal capacity of people with disability, ensure that specific domestic and…

Australian Cross Disability Alliance supports calls for the Department of Immigration to review decision relating to child with Down syndrome

AUSTRALIAN CROSS-DISABILITY ALLIANCE MEDIA RELEASE 7 April 2015 The Australian Cross Disability Alliance supports calls for the Department of Immigration to review its decision to deny a visa to a child because she has disability, despite finding her parents fit…

Call for urgent action: End violence against people with disability

Australian Cross Disability Alliance Media Release 20 August 2015 The Australian Cross Disability Alliance (ACDA) calls on the Australian Government to act swiftly to address the epidemic of violence against children and adults with disability in residential and institutional settings…

Queensland Human Rights Act 2018: Queensland Parliament, Legal Affairs & Community Safety Committee

November 2018 PWDA supports the Human Rights framework proposed in the Bill, however, in order to be truly effective the Human Rights Act must be legally enforceable. The Bill should give people the means to take legal action should they…

PWDA Welcomes Promise for Redress Scheme

29 October 2015 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the Federal Opposition’s promise to establish a National Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, in line with the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child…