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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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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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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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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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Submission to the Inquiry into the Integrity of the NDIS

Categorized in: News, Submissions Posted on: Wednesday 29 April 2026 Last updated on: Wednesday 29 April 2026 Written by: PWDA
PWDA welcomed the opportunity to contribute to the Joint Standing Committee on the Inquiry into the Integrity of the NDIS.
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What we know so far about latest NDIS changes

Categorized in: Blog, Member News, News Posted on: Tuesday 28 April 2026 Last updated on: Tuesday 28 April 2026 Written by: PWDA
The Government has announced major changes to the NDIS, outlined by Minister Mark Butler at the National Press Club on 22 April 2026. Here’s what we know
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Disability advocates call on Government to ensure critical supports remain while NDIS changes are made

Categorized in: Media Releases, News, Statement Posted on: Thursday 23 April 2026 Last updated on: Thursday 23 April 2026 Written by: PWDA
PWDA raised serious concerns following today’s announcements by the Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing Mark Butler, warning the changes risk leaving people with disability without the supports they need to live ordinary lives.
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PWDA warns NDIS changes risk leaving people without support

Categorized in: Media Releases, News, Statement Posted on: Wednesday 22 April 2026 Last updated on: Wednesday 22 April 2026 Written by: PWDA
PWDA raised serious concerns following today’s announcements by the Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing Mark Butler, warning the changes risk leaving people with disability without the supports they need to live ordinary lives.
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PWDA media release banner announcing 'Cuts to the NDIS are cuts to ordinary lives'; features a man in a wheelchair and a woman with a cane on purple panel sections.

“Cuts to the NDIS are cuts to ordinary lives”

Categorized in: Media Releases, News, Statement Posted on: Tuesday 21 April 2026 Last updated on: Friday 1 May 2026 Written by: PWDA
PWDA launched a national campaign warning expected reductions to NDIS growth will cut access to the supports people with disability rely on to live everyday life.
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