We have the right to live independently in our communities In June this year, PWDA made a submission to the Disability Royal Commission, “Realising Our Right to Live Independently in the Community”. The submission highlighted the role of group homes, and other congregate living situations like boarding houses, in perpetuating violence and abuse committed against… Continue Reading No More Group Homes
PWDA is pleased to make this submission to the Department of Customer Service (Better Regulation Division) Review of the Boarding Houses Act 2012. People with disability have a right to choose where, and with whom they live, and should have the same housing options as other members of the community. Boarding houses, including Assisted Boarding… Continue Reading Submission to the Review of the NSW Boarding Houses Act 2012
PWDA has significant concerns about several aspects of recent service delivery models, especially those that relate to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Agency (NDIA) and to Centrelink in the Human Services portfolio. As part of our work with DPO Australia, we recently conducted a survey of nearly 900 people with disability for the… Continue Reading Submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the impact of changes to service delivery models on the administration and running of Government programs
PWDA expressed its opposition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Streamlined Governance) Bill 2019, as we had concerns over the following: the potential to erode the equal partnership principle that defines the relationship between the Commonwealth and the States and Territories in the NDIS, especially in circumstances that are complex and require collaboration between Governments… Continue Reading Submission on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Streamlined Governance) Bill 2019
People with disability face significant barriers to accessing employment. People with disability rely on income support payments to meet basic living costs as well as disability-related costs. PWDA has significant concerns about the level of income support for both Newstart and related payments such as the Disability Support Pension (DSP) due to the following structural… Continue Reading Submission to the Senate on Adequacy of Newstart and related payments and alternative mechanisms to determine the level of income support payments in Australia
People with Disability Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the Australian Government’s review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (the NDIS Act): the Tune Review. The Terms of Reference for the Tune review of the NDIS focus on “opportunities to amend the NDIS Act to: remove process impediments and increase… Continue Reading Submission to the Tune Review of the NDIS Act