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- PWDA Submission into Southeast Asia Free Trade Agreements Modernisation Review
PWDA welcomed the opportunity to provide comment to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) Southeast Asia Free Trade Agreements Modernisation Review (the Review). - PWDA Submission into Disability Safeguards ConsultationPWDA provide comment on the Disability Safeguards Consultation. We provide information about key safeguarding concerns that we have heard from our community.
- Appointment of PWDA Board Executive OfficersPWDA is pleased to inform that the People with Disability Australia (PWDA) Board has appointed their Executive Officers for 2026.
- Australian Disability Strategy National Forum Funding Support: Apply NowPWDA will administer a funding program for people to attend the 2026 Australian Disability Strategy Conference in Adelaide on 24 – 25 February 2026.
- Department of Social Services Automation Artificial Intelligence Ethics Framework
PWDA Submission to Department of Social Services Automation Artificial Intelligence Ethics Framework - PWDA Submission into New South Wales University SectorPWDA response to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the New South Wales University Sector.
- Disability representative organisations call for transparency on ‘Computer-Generated NDIS Plans’Disability Representative organisations respond to Guardian article on Computer Generated NDIS Plans.
- PWDA IDPwD 2025: Highlights From the A Voice of Our Own National Online ConferenceOn Wednesday 3 December 2025, PWDA hosted A Voice of Our Own, its second International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) national online conference created by and for people with disability.
- Survey: Experiences of LGBTQIA+ people with disabilityPWDA is conducting this survey as part of a project called Connection and Safety in our Communities – Disability and LGBTQIA+ Intersectionality.
- “When we’re united, we raise the standard of what this country believes is fair, possible, and just”On Thursday 13 November at the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), PWDA member Emma Bennison MBA GAICD delivered a moving address to members.
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