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Disability Advocates Hit Canberra to Demand Improved Response to Omicron Crisis in Disability Community

15 February 2022

Demanding better outcomes for people with disability and disability support workers affected by the current COVID Omicron crisis is the focus of a delegation from community, industry and union groups that has descended on Parliament House in Canberra today. Continue Reading Disability Advocates Hit Canberra to Demand Improved Response to Omicron Crisis in Disability Community

Disability Sector Urges No Vote From MPs On Religious Discrimination Bill

7 February 2022

Australia’s peak disability organisations have released a statement expressing deep concern about the impact on people with disability of the new Religious Discrimination Bill which will be debated in Parliament tomorrow. Continue Reading Disability Sector Urges No Vote From MPs On Religious Discrimination Bill

Disability Sector Slams National Cabinet’s Omicron Response

24 January 2022

Australia’s peak disability representative organisations have written to National Cabinet to detail the unacceptable risks to the lives and health of people with disability caused by the response of Australia’s federal, state and territory governments to the Omicron and Delta variants of COVID-19. In the statement to National Cabinet, the eight organisations say the disability… Continue Reading Disability Sector Slams National Cabinet’s Omicron Response

Disability Advocates Urge Disability Royal Commission To Convene Emergency Hearing Into Omicron Crisis

20 January 2022

The board of Australia’s peak disability rights and advocacy organisation is calling on the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) to launch an emergency public hearing into the impact of the COVID-19 Omicron crisis on people with disability. Board members of People With Disability Australia have written an open letter to DRC Chair The Hon. Ronald Sackville… Continue Reading Disability Advocates Urge Disability Royal Commission To Convene Emergency Hearing Into Omicron Crisis

Omicron Staffing Crunch Putting Lives Of People With Disability At Risk

12 January 2022

Disability advocates say the lives and health of people with disability are at risk because of the severe strain that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is putting on the disability support sector. People With Disability Australia President Samantha Connor: “In NSW and Victoria, there is currently a significant shortage of workers who are available to… Continue Reading Omicron Staffing Crunch Putting Lives Of People With Disability At Risk

‘People will die;’ People with disability lead push for free rapid COVID tests

31 December 2021

Peak advocacy organisation People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has called for the nation’s governments to deliver free rapid antigen testing, increased resourcing and N95 masks for people with disability, their families and workforce. PWDA, which also backs free rapid antigen testing for COVID-19 for the wider community, said at minimum free tests should be available… Continue Reading ‘People will die;’ People with disability lead push for free rapid COVID tests

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