PWDA has prepared and launched a formal report in response to the Disability Royal Commission’s recommendations.
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Have your say on the changes to the NDIS
The government is proposing changes to the NDIS through the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024.
We want to hear your views on the Bill and proposed changes.
Your feedback will help shape People with Disability Australia’s (PWDA) response to the Bill and submission to the Committee’s inquiry.
Joint Statement: Ten Organisations Call for People with Disability’s Access to NDIS Funded Sexuality Services to be Protected
Ten organisations, including People with Disability Australia (PWDA), Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) and Touching Base, have signed this joint statement to strongly condemn recent comments made by Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Bill Shorten regarding the exclusion of sex work and sexuality services from the NDIS.
Joint Statement: Disability organisations are calling for urgent funding lifeline to address rising demand for advocacy
PWDA joins a group of 52 disability advocacy organisations in a joint call on governments to increase funding for advocacy to sustain their crucial services amid growing demand for support by people with disability
NSW Government Digital Inclusion Strategy
PWDA have participated in consultations to help shape the NSW Government Digital Inclusion Strategy along with other DROs and people with disability.
Reflections on my first week as Deputy CEO
Megan Spindler-Smith has been appointed as Deputy CEO. Megan reflects on their first week as Deputy CEO
PWDA announces Megan Spindler-Smith as Deputy CEO
People with Disability Australia is pleased to announce that Megan Spindler-Smith has been appointed as Deputy CEO at a key time of reform for the sector.
PWDA Responds to Senate Legislative Committee’s Report on the NDIS Amendment Bill
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has called the Senate’s Community Affairs Legislative Committee’s recommendation to pass the NDIS Amendment Bill ill-advised.
Joint Statement: Amendments Vital to Make NDIS Bill Fair
The recommendations in the report of the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Amendment Bill 2024 are profoundly disappointing and disrespectful, say disability organisations.
Joint submission: improving judicial responses to sexual violence
Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) and People with Disability Australia (PWDA) have made joint a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Issues Paper – Justice Responses to Sexual Violence.
NSW budget of “must haves” should have had people with disability at its heart
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has welcomed the NSW Government’s investment in housing and cost-of-living relief but is disappointed by the lack of funding for people with disabilities in today’s NSW Budget.