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People with Disability Australia | What You Need to Know About the NDIS Bill: Advocates Unpack the Sweeping Changes

What You Need to Know About the NDIS Bill: Advocates Unpack the Sweeping Changes

Categorized in: Blog, Member News, News Posted on: Tuesday 19 May 2026 Last updated on: Wednesday 20 May 2026 Written by: PWDA
PWDA joined advocates from Children and Young People with Disability Australia and Disabled People Against Cuts Australia on NDIS Insights with Dr George to discuss recent changes
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People with Disability Australia | Media Statement from Australia's Disability Representative Organisations

Media Statement from Australia’s Disability Representative Organisations

Categorized in: Media Releases, News, Statement Posted on: Friday 15 May 2026 Last updated on: Tuesday 26 May 2026 Written by: PWDA
Australia’s Disability Representative Organisations are united in calling for a robust Senate Inquiry into the NDIS Reform Bill introduced Thursday 14 May by the Australian Government.
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People with Disability Australia | Submission to the E-Micromobility Sharing Schemes Reform

Submission to the E-Micromobility Sharing Schemes Reform

Categorized in: News, Submissions Posted on: Wednesday 13 May 2026 Last updated on: Wednesday 13 May 2026 Written by: PWDA
PWDA provided feedback on the NSW Government’s E-micromobility sharing schemes reform. The reforms are designed to make e-bike and e-scooter sharing safer for the public.
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People with Disability Australia | Your Stories of Reasonable. Necessary and Ordinary NDIS Supports

Your Stories of Reasonable. Necessary and Ordinary NDIS Supports

Categorized in: Blog, Member News, News, Reasonable.Necessary.Ordinary Posted on: Wednesday 13 May 2026 Last updated on: Tuesday 12 May 2026 Written by: PWDA
As part of our Reasonable. Necessary. Ordinary campaign we asked our followers “What does the NDIS make possible in your everyday life?”
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People with Disability Australia | THE NDIS SAVED MY LIFE because… A Reasonable. Necessary. Ordinary story

THE NDIS SAVED MY LIFE because… A Reasonable. Necessary. Ordinary story

Categorized in: Blog, Member News, News, Reasonable.Necessary.Ordinary Posted on: Tuesday 12 May 2026 Last updated on: Tuesday 12 May 2026 Written by: PWDA
We asked our followers “What does the NDIS make possible in your everyday life?”
Here is one of their stories…..
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People with Disability Australia | MEDIA RELEASE: PWDA responds to the 2026-2027 Federal Budget

MEDIA RELEASE: PWDA responds to the 2026-2027 Federal Budget

Categorized in: Media Releases, News, Statement Posted on: Tuesday 12 May 2026 Last updated on: Tuesday 12 May 2026 Written by: PWDA
PWDA says the Federal Budget cuts the supports people with disability rely on to live ordinary lives, without delivering the equivalent alternatives people are being told will replace them.
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NDIS funds ordinary lives. Don't cut it.

NDIS Reform in Focus: Key Themes from the PWDA National Community Forum

Categorized in: Blog, Member News, News, Reasonable.Necessary.Ordinary Posted on: Friday 8 May 2026 Last updated on: Friday 8 May 2026 Written by: PWDA
PWDA hosted community forum for members and community to discuss NDIS changes. What we know, how people are feeling and what we can collectively do to push back.
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People with Disability Australia | The NDIS belongs to us. We fought for it. We sustain it. We’ll protect it, together

The NDIS belongs to us. We fought for it. We sustain it. We’ll protect it, together

Categorized in: Blog, Member News, News, Reasonable.Necessary.Ordinary Posted on: Wednesday 6 May 2026 Last updated on: Wednesday 6 May 2026 Written by: PWDA
PWDA member and supporter Laura Pettenuzzo talks about the changes facing current and potential NDIS participants and what the NDIS has done for her
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People with Disability Australia | This is what ‘reasonable and necessary’ looks like for Jane Britt

This is what ‘reasonable and necessary’ looks like for Jane Britt

Categorized in: Blog, Member News, News, Reasonable.Necessary.Ordinary Posted on: Friday 1 May 2026 Last updated on: Friday 1 May 2026 Written by: PWDA
This is what ‘reasonable and necessary’ looks like for petition supporter Jane Britt, a disability policy consultant who is deafblind and a NDIS participant.
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People with Disability Australia | PWDA backs President of AHRC call for a national Human Rights Act

PWDA backs President of AHRC call for a national Human Rights Act

Categorized in: Media Releases, News, Statement Posted on: Thursday 30 April 2026 Last updated on: Thursday 30 April 2026 Written by: PWDA
PWDA backed President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Hugh de Kretser’s call for a Human Rights Act, made in an address to the National Press Club.
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