Thriving Kids begins rolling out across all Australian states and territories except Queensland today. PWDA is calling on governments to urgently set out what comes next for people with disability who will not be covered by the program.
Category: Media Releases
Clarity on Queensland’s pathway forward for Foundational Support
Letter to Minister outlining our concerns about the continuing lack of clarity for Queenslanders as Thriving Kids begins rolling out nationally.
Media Release: Disability Royal Commission Progress Report Card Released
Three years since the DRC delivered its Final Report a new coalition has released Australia’s first independent DRC Progress Report Card
50,000 people call for Australian Human Rights Act
Petition for a Human Rights Act handed to a cross-section of Labor, Greens and independent Federal MPs and Senators at Parliament House today.
PWDA welcomes Senate rejection of automated aged care assessments, warns against repeating the harm in the NDIS
PWDA welcomed the Senate’s recognition of the harm caused by automated aged care assessments and warned the Federal Government not to repeat the same mistakes in the NDIS.
A devastating day for people with disability as NDIS Bill passes
PWDA has condemned the passage of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026, condemning Parliament for proceeding despite the overwhelming evidence of the unacceptable and foreseeable harm these changes will cause people with disability, our families and carers, and the Australian economy.
PWDA slams Senate Committee’s Recommendation to Pass the NDIS Bill
PWDA condemns the Senate Committee’s recommendation that the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 proceed.
“Rip it up”: PWDA urges Parliament to reject NDIS Bill and start again
PWDA has called on Parliament to reject the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026, warning the Government has chosen to cut participant supports instead of fixing the institutions responsible for administering and safeguarding the Scheme.
Joint Communiqué: Disability Representative Organisation and Legal Roundtable on the NDIS Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026
Communiqué following Disability Representative Organisations and Legal Roundtable to discuss the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026.
MEDIA RELEASE: PWDA warns new evidence shows Government is not ready for sweeping NDIS reforms
PWDA is warning the Government is pushing ahead with the biggest changes in the NDIS before the agencies responsible for delivering them have demonstrated they are ready.