Submissions – People with Disability Australia

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

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

Barriers to people with autism are barriers to us all: Submission to the Select Committee on Autism

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is pleased to make this submission to the Select Committee on Autism’s Inquiry into the Services, Support and Life Outcomes for People with autism in Australia and the associated need for a National Autism Strategy. PWDA welcomes the Committee’s reference to the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons… Continue Reading Barriers to people with autism are barriers to us all: Submission to the Select Committee on Autism

#EndSegregation for people with disability

PWDA wants the Disability Royal Commission to help stop the practice of segregating people with disability from the community. People with Disability Australia is among over 60 organisations and more than 290 people to urge the Disability Royal to #EndSegregation. We want the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability… Continue Reading #EndSegregation for people with disability

A National Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework Submission

PWDA has lifted its voice, urging the Australian Government to set measurable targets for its new National Disability Strategy (NDS) for the coming decade. On behalf of our members, we wrote to Department of Social Services last Friday, 18 December 2020, urging it to set ambitious goals for the National Disability Strategy 2010–2020 designed to… Continue Reading A National Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework Submission

Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020

PWDA has long raised concerns about the Cashless Debit Card, and have opposed all forms of compulsory income management. Our concerns with any Bill before the Parliament to introduce compulsory income management flows from: · The inadequate research and evaluation of its effectiveness · How expensive such schemes are to administer · How they do not deliver the… Continue Reading Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020

PWDA’s submission in response to the National Disability Strategy Position Paper: Stage 2 consultations

October 2020 People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the Australian Government’s Stage 2 Consultations for the National Disability Strategy. You can access the full submission in [PDF] or [Word].