PWDA is urging all parties and candidates to immediately address the critical shortage of accessible housing after this week’s leader’s and housing policy debates failed to acknowledge people with disability.
Category: Media Releases
PWDA Launches Election Platform to Secure Progress for People with Disability
PWDA launched its 2025 Federal Election Platform, urging all political parties and candidates to commit to real change for people with disability across Australia.
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.
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.
Federal Budget 2025: People with disability invisible in key budget measures but funding for disability supports a start
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the announcement of $364.5 million funding in tonight’s budget for foundational supports for people with disability. While this safeguards previous budget commitments and provides a modest injection of additional funding in future years, people with disability are not prioritised in key budget measures.
“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.
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.
PWDA will be ‘Proud and Free to be Me’ at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
Media Release People with Disability Australia will be ‘Proud and Free to be Me’ at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
States and Territories Abandon People with Disability as NDIS Reforms Tighten Access
PWDA is deeply concerned that state and territory governments are delaying the rollout of foundational supports, leaving millions of people with disability to continue without access to essential services.