February 2014 In this submission, PWDA elaborates a case that the content of the Bill does not live up to the promise of inclusion suggested by its name. The Bill covers three main areas: the creation of Disability Plans, the…
Author: People with Disability Australia (page 33)
Submission To The Senate Inquiry Into The Prevalence Of Different Types Of Speech, Language And Communication Disorders And Speech Pathology Services In Australia
February 2014 Difficulties in communication and swallowing affect many Australians (at a minimum 1.3 percent and 16 percent respectively). In regards to communication, one of seven users of disability services over the age of five have little to no functional…
Joint Submission To The CRPD On The Draft General Comment On Article 12 Of The Convention – Equal Recognition Before The Law
February 2014 This PWDA/ACDL/AHRCenter submission provides input to the 2014 consultation on Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities to explain how in its (then) current form, the General Comment did not adequately clarify how…
Joint Supplementary Response Regarding Dept Of Social Security (DSS) Application For Exemption From The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 To Use The Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT)
PWDA considers that the SWS should be implemented as the single national award wage assessment for the long-term in order that discrimination is immediately addressed and that adjustments to the SWS is not a solution to problems of business viability…
PWDA Submission Regarding Review Of Equal Recognition Before The Law And Legal Capacity For People With Disability
January 2014 This PWDA/ACDL/AHRCentre submission explains how the Issues Paper conflates the concepts of mental capacity and legal capacity in its discussion regarding ‘capacity standards’ and ‘assessment of capacity’ and challenges the assumption that legal capacity is a concept that…
Joint Response Regarding Dept Of Social Security (DSS) Application For Exemption From The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 To Use The Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT)
This submission follows the announcement on 15 January 2014 by Ministers Andrews and Fifield that the Commonwealth will make a one off payment to employees with intellectual disability paid wages determined by the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT). This…
Economic loss acknowledged but discrimination continues
15 January 2014 Economic loss acknowledged but discrimination continues People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the recognition by the Commonwealth that people with intellectual disability who have been paid according to the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT) in Australian…
PWDA Submission Regarding DSS Application For Exemption In Relation To The Use Of The Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT)
October 2013 PWDA welcomed the decision of the Federal Court in Nojin & Prior v Commonwealth [2012] FCAFC 192 in December 2012, and the recent supportive ruling of the High Court in May 2013. Ending use of the BSWAT as…
PWDA Submission To Access To Justice In The Criminal Justice System For People With Disability
August 2013 The questions used in the Forum address issues raised by the Access to Justice Issues Paper published by the Commission in April 2013. This submission is a response to the call for submissions to the Access to Justice…
NSW Budget: mixed results for people with disability
18 June 2013 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the NSW Government’s budget commitment of $2.9 billion for ageing and disability services, including substantial funding that will support people with disability to transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).…