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Disability advocates call for policy ambition to be matched with action

Australia’s Disability Strategy sets out a vision for a more inclusive society. The federal government’s commitment to tracking progress under the ADS matters.

Take the Time for Codesign: 254 Organisations Demand More Time to Codesign NDIS Reforms

254 disability organisations and providers call for urgent action from the Government and the new Minister for the NDIS to protect the safety and wellbeing of NDIS participants amid rushed reforms.

Report on Registration of NDIS participants who self-direct their supports

PWDA Responds to Registration of NDIS Participants Who Self Direct Their Supports

Leading our Own Supports: Response to the Department of Social Services Consultation Paper on Category C: Service for One/Self Directed Support Registration

Dr Cassandra Goldie from ACOSS addresses the media surrounded by Parliamentarians and Community Sector Leaders including PWDA President Trinity Ford and Deputy CEO Megan Spindler-Smith

Crossbench and community sector leaders urge parliament to raise income support

Parliamentarians, including many members of the crossbench, have joined community sector leaders, including People with Disability Australia, in calling on the parliament to raise the rate of income support.

Group shot of PWDA members, Board and staff at Midsumma 2025

PWDA are ‘Free to Be Me’ at 2025 Midsumma Pride March

PWDA joined the 2025 Midsumma Pride March on Sunday 2 February to celebrate LGBTQIA+ and disability pride with the theme Proud and Free to Be Me.

A group of people dressed and ready for the Midsumma Pride March. They are holding signs and wearing rainbow capes.

Proud and Free to Be Me: PWDA to March at Midsumma for the First Time

For the first time, People with Disability Australia (PWDA), the national cross-disability rights and representative organisation and national peak for LGBTQIA+ people with disability, has taken to the streets of St Kilda for the 2025 Midsumma Pride March.