October 2016 In this submission, PWDA reminds the Royal Commission that Australia is a party to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and as such, is bound to align domestic legislative change with the Convention. PWDA highlights…
Author: People with Disability Australia (page 27)
Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry Into Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2016
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…
Australian Law Reform Commission Issues Paper: Protecting The Rights Of Older Australians From Abuse
August 2016 The intersectional discrimination and violence experienced by older people with disability requires an integrated response to ensure that experiences of this cohort are acknowledged and responded to appropriately. The PWDA submission on protecting the rights of older Australians…
Children with disability have a right to a safe childhood
19 July 2016 Leading disability group will give evidence about the shocking levels of abuse of children with disability at today’s hearing of the Royal Commission into the Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney. “This public hearing has…
Department Of Social Services (DSS): Review Of The National Disability Advocacy Program
June 2016 The ACDA fully supports a strengthened, well resourced and effective program of independent advocacy for people with disability through the National Disability Advocacy Program. This submission responds to the specific questions in the Discussion Paper, but provides some…
Department Of Communications And The Arts: Communications Accessibility – 2016 And Beyond
May 2016 This ACDA submission on the future of the National Relay Scheme argues against changes to the Telecommunications Regulations which would lead to a reliance on the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 to ensure equal access to telecommunications technology for…
BUDGET 2016: Don’t fund our NDIS at the cost of our safety net
3 May 2016 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the Government’s overarching commitment to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) into the future. However, we strongly reject the budget measures that link a fully funded NDIS with the need…
Submission To Inquiry Into Indefinite Detention Of People With Cognitive And Psychiatric Impairment In Australia
April 2016 People with disability in Australia represent the most detained sector of our population; disproportionality prevalent in our prisons, institutionalised within our communities, hospitalised and confined in psychiatric wards and indefinitely detained in detention centres, including immigration detention. This…
Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses To Child Sexual Abuse Consultation Paper: Institutional Responses To Child Sexual Abuse In Out Of Home Care
April 2016 PWDA express concern that the Royal Commission has not fully investigated the situation of children with disability in out of home care; nor that the investigations that have occurred thus far are fully inclusive of the experiences of…
2016-17 PWDA Federal Budget Submission
April 2016 Australia currently ranks 26 out of 27 OECD countries for the percentage of people with disability living in poverty. Our accumulated short comings mean that 45% of people with disability in Australia live near or below the poverty…