At the PWDA 2025 Annual General Meeting on Thursday 13 November, PWDA members approved the appointments of new Board Directors.
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Express your interest to join NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Focus Group
PWDA is helping to recruit for an online focus group for the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission creating new videos about the NDIS Code of Conduct.
PWDA Submission to the Review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992
PWDA’s submission to the Attorney-General’s Department’s Review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) Review.
Joint Statement – Social Security and Other Leg. Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025
PWDA joins DROs in call on the Federal Government to abandon Social Security and other Leg. Amendment (Technical Changes No.2) Bill 2025.
PWDA Submission to the NDIS Evidence Advisory Committee
PWDA welcomed the opportunity to provide input to the NDIS Evidence Advisory Committee’s (EAC) assessment of Smart home appliances (for cooking, cleaning and gardening).
Active passive trainers Assistance animals for autistic people or people with intellectual disability Psychiatric assistance dogs Seizure alert dogs and Exercise physiology
Active passive trainers Assistance animals for autistic people or people with intellectual disability Psychiatric assistance dogs Seizure alert dogs and Exercise physiology
Review of the Roads Act 1993
PWDA responds to the review by Transport for NSW of the Roads Act of 1993. The reforms focus on how local and state government could work, but they do not address the concerns, disabling barriers, or safety risks posed to people with disability.
Submission: Addressing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination
WWDA and PWDA have made a joint submission to the UN CRPD in response to its call for input on draft guidelines for addressing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination against women and girls with disability.
Daniel Flynn announced as Interim President of PWDA
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) announces the board has met and voted to elect Daniel Flynn as Interim President with Eva as Vice President until the 2025 AGM.
PWDA joins 106 organisations and experts in a call for inquiry into Human Rights Act for NSW
PWDA joins more than 100 organisations and individuals to endorse an open statement calling on all NSW Parliamentarians to support the establishment of a public inquiry into a Human Rights Act for New South Wales.
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards: third edition
PWDA provided a submission consultation on the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (third edition).