Submissions – People with Disability Australia

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

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

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.

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

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

29 January 2021

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