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- Reflecting on the Disability Royal Commission: Disability Discrimination Commissioner Perspective
Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Rosemary Kayess message at national online forum ‘Two Years On From the Disability Royal Commission’. - Reflecting on the Disability Royal Commission: First Nations PerspectivePWDA Board Director, Tahlia-Rose Vanissum spoke about the ongoing harm experienced by First Nations people with disability and stressed that reform cannot succeed without First Nations leadership, lived experience and real power in decision-making.
- Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsThis joint submission with NEDA and WWDA to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) provides general disability rights and specific from CALD backgrounds and women and girls with disability.
- Two Years On From the Disability Royal Commission Event Wrap-UpPWDA hosted a national online forum ‘Two Years On From the Disability Royal Commission’ on Friday 6 February to take stock.
- Submission into the Continuing Operation of the National Redress SchemePWDA Submission to the Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into the Continuing Operation of the National Redress Scheme.
- Submission to the NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025Submission to NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 review The Bill would change the NDIS Act 2013 to give the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission stronger powers, and to make specific operational changes to the NDIA.
- Help PWDA put LGBTQIA+ People with Disability In FocusInFocus: Queer & Disabled is a digital storytelling campaign led by PWDA, centring the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ people with disability.
- Targeted Funding Required to Address Gaps Affecting People with DisabilityPeople with disability were largely invisible in the last Federal Budget. PWDA urges the Government to implement the recommendations outlined in this submission in the 2026/7 Federal Budget.
- DROs Respond to Government Agreement on Disability SupportsDisability Representative Organisations respond to Government agreement regarding hospital funding and disability supports and Thriving Kids.
- PWDA marches again to put LGBTQIA+ people with disability InFocusPWDA returned to the streets of Melbourne St Kilda on Sunday 1 February to proudly represent LGBTQIA+ people with disability in the Midsumma Pride March.
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