PWDA’s Submission To The Government’s Proposed NDIS Legislative Changes And Participant Service Guarantee

7 October 2021

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) made a submission on the Government’s proposed NDIS Legislative Changes and Participant Service Guarantee. The Commonwealth Government is introducing a reform package to the NDIS in the form of an amendment to the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (NDIS Act), introducing two new National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) rules,… Continue Reading PWDA’s Submission To The Government’s Proposed NDIS Legislative Changes And Participant Service Guarantee

PWDA’s Submission To The Joint Select Committee On The Implementation Of The National Redress Scheme

13 September 2021

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) made two submissions to the Joint Select Committee, informed by our direct redress related work, in November 2020 and most recently in August 2021. In our most recent submission to the Joint Select Committee, we highlighted that more people with disability need to know about the National Redress Scheme to… Continue Reading PWDA’s Submission To The Joint Select Committee On The Implementation Of The National Redress Scheme

Impairment Tables Impair Our Access to Supports: Submission To The Department of Social Services

30 August 2021

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) made a submission to the Department of Social Services’ Review of the Disability Support Pension Impairment Tables. PWDA also made a submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry into the purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension which can be found here. Changes introduced to the… Continue Reading Impairment Tables Impair Our Access to Supports: Submission To The Department of Social Services

In Our Own Words: Submission To The Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry

30 August 2021

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) made a submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry into the purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension. PWDA also made a submission to the Department of Social Services’ Review of the Disability Support Pension Impairment Tables which can be found here. The supports made available… Continue Reading In Our Own Words: Submission To The Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry

We Belong Here: Our Nation Must End Exclusionary Systems that Harm People with Disability.

28 July 2021

People with Disability Australia’s submission We Belong Here: Our Nation Must End Exclusionary Systems that Harm People with Disability was made in response to the Promoting Inclusion Issues Paper released by the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (the Disability Royal Commission) in December 2020. PWDA’s July 2021 submission… Continue Reading We Belong Here: Our Nation Must End Exclusionary Systems that Harm People with Disability.

PWDA’S Submission to the Joint Standing Committee’s Inquiry into Independent Assessments

12 April 2021

PWDA made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee’s Inquiry into the Independent Assessments. PWDA holds significant concerns about the Federal Government’s planned changes to how people with disability will access the NDIS and how they will receive support. Independent assessments will not resolve the current problems with the NDIS. Alongside the new process for… Continue Reading PWDA’S Submission to the Joint Standing Committee’s Inquiry into Independent Assessments