Submissions To Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC): Equality, Capacity And Disability In Commonwealth Laws, Discussion Paper May 2014

July 2014 People With Disability Australia (PWDA), The Australian Centre For Disability Law (ACDL) And The Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRCentre) The authors of this submission agree that a national framework must be created, but disagree with the development of…

Comments And Recommendations In Response To The Consultation Paper: Developing A New Disability Strategy For Australia’s Aid Program 2015-2020

July 2014 PWDA recommends that a rights-based approach, firmly based on the CRPD, is embedded in Australia’s aid delivery and that monitoring of aid programs and initiatives (both mainstream and disability-specific) is undertaken with the participation of DPOs to ensure…

Graeme Innes – Australians with disability say thank you

Friday 4 July 2014 Today People with Disability Australia (PWDA) fondly farewells Australia’s Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Mr Graeme Innes AM from the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). There are very few people with disability in high-profile, leadership positions within Government,…

People with disability need extension to Child Sex Abuse Royal Commission

Friday 4 July 2014 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) supports the call for the Attorney-General, Senator the Honourable George Brandis, to extend the time to conduct the Royal Commission. PWDA is currently supporting children and adults with disability to share…

BUDGET 2014: A mixed bag for disability “We need a jobs guarantee, not a welfare guarantee”

Tuesday 13 May 2014 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has welcomed the Budget announcement that the Federal Government intends to roll out the NDIS on time and in full. However, PWDA expressed concerns that thousands under the age of 35…

Australian Human Rights Commission supports continued discrimination of employees with disability

30 April 2014 National peak disability and advocacy groups condemn the decision by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to allow the Australian Government and sheltered workshops (also known as Australian Disability Enterprises or ‘ADEs’) to continue to discriminate against employees…

Membership Engagement Report To The Department Of Social Services (DSS) Regarding The Implementation Of The National Disability Strategy 2010-2020

April 2014 This report was written with reference to the regular consultation that PWDA engages in with members and supporters over the life of the Strategy so far, and primarily over the last 2 years. We have also utilised information…

Submission To Senate Economic References Committee Inquiry Into Affordable Housing

The housing system is already in crisis, with the needs of people with disability frequently unmet.  Moreover, the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will increase the pressure on this already broken system as people with disability become…