Australia’s peak disability rights and advocacy organisation has welcomed some of the provisions in Labor’s reply to the 2022-23 Federal Budget but says that the Opposition’s response is lacking in detail about measures to support people with disability. PWDA President Samantha Connor: “It was pleasing to hear a commitment from Labor to ‘fix the NDIS’… Continue Reading Peak Disability Org Says Labor’s Budget Reply Needs More Detail
A coalition of 40 leading disability rights and advocacy organisations has endorsed a pre-election open letter to politicians across the country demanding a new approach and more resources for improving disaster and emergency responses for people with disability. In the wake of two years of rolling calamities, the letter outlines a series of key outcomes… Continue Reading Disability Sector Calls For Pre-Election Commitments To Improve Disability Emergency And Disaster Support
Australia’s peak disability rights and advocacy organisation has criticised the Federal Government for not providing better support for people with disability in the 2022 Budget. People With Disability Australia (PWDA) says the Federal Government has ignored key budget requests that PWDA and other key disability organisations have been advocating for over the last few months. … Continue Reading Peak Disability Org Slams 2022 Federal Budget For ‘Short-Changing’ People with Disability
Australia’s peak disability advocacy organisation is calling on the Federal Government to provide additional funding in next week’s budget to give people with disability more support during emergencies, better support via the NDIS, and increased support from disability advocacy services. People with Disability Australia President Samantha Connor: “With a federal election just around the… Continue Reading PWDA Calls for 2022 Budget Measures that Improve Health and Safety of People with Disability
Australia’s peak disability rights and advocacy body has condemned the sentence handed down today to disability support worker Rosa Maria Maione for the manslaughter of Adelaide resident Ann Marie Smith as manifestly inappropriate for such a shocking crime. Ms Maione was sentenced to six years and seven months in prison – with a non-parole period… Continue Reading Disability Advocates Condemn ‘Inappropriate’ Sentence For Ann Marie Smith Carer
Whilst there are some welcome recommendations in the Report, we urge the government to take responsibility for taking action on addressing the level of need and distress that people with disability experience while trying to survive on income support. Australia is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and… Continue Reading Key disability advocacy groups join with ACOSS to urge Government to act on DSP Senate Inquiry Report