PWDA - People with Disability Australia

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PWDA responds to Opposition Budget Reply: People with disability missing in action, cuts to NDIS workforce on the table

People with Disability People with disability were barely acknowledged in the Federal Budget – and in tonight’s Opposition Budget Reply, we weren’t mentioned at all.

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Joint Statement: People with disability invisible in Federal Budget

The Federal Budget raises more questions than answers about how people with disability are going to be supported through the government’s major reforms to the NDIS.

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“We will be watching” – People with Disability Australia warns against cuts to the NDIS

PWDA and Australians with disability will not stand by while the NDIS and the essential supports are threatened by cost-cutting or used as a political football.

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Joint Statement Calling for People with Disability’s Access to Assistance Animals to be Protected

PWDA joined other organisations led by the Australian Autism Alliance, in a joint statement calling for critical reform through the establishment of a National Assistance Animal Framework to meet the needs of people with disability and remove inequitable access barriers.

Alliance of NSW organisations calls for Inquiry into a Human Rights Act for NSW

PWDA joins Human Rights Act for NSW (HRA4NSW) – an alliance of forty seven (47) civil society and community organisations in the call for an inquiry into a Human Rights Act for NSW.

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Response to Livable Housing Requirements in NSW discussion paper

PWDA recently attended the Livable Housing Roundtable, hosted by the NSW Building Commissioner James Sharrad. The discussion focused on whether the NSW Government will sign on to the Livable Design Silver Standard,

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Have your say in the 2025 PWDA Member Engagement Survey

PWDA’s Annual Membership Engagement Survey, will help shape the future of PWDA’s events, activities, and communication.

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Mandatory registration of Platform Providers

Response to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Consultation Paper on Mandatory Registration for Platform Providers

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Registration for Supported Independent Living and Support Coordination

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Consultation Paper on Mandatory Registration for Supported Independent Living (SIL) and Support Coordination.

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International Women’s Day 2025: What does it mean to women and girls with disability?

PWDA looks at the 2025 theme for International Women’s Day and asks. Is it really for all women and girls if women with disability keep getting left behind?