April 2016 People with disability in Australia represent the most detained sector of our population; disproportionality prevalent in our prisons, institutionalised within our communities, hospitalised and confined in psychiatric wards and indefinitely detained in detention centres, including immigration detention. This…
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Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses To Child Sexual Abuse Consultation Paper: Institutional Responses To Child Sexual Abuse In Out Of Home Care
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2016-17 PWDA Federal Budget Submission
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Submission To The NSW Law Reform Review Of The Guardianship Act
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Letter To The ACT Government Reportable Conduct Consultation Paper
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Submission To Affordable Housing Working Group Issues Paper – Council On Federal Financial Relations, Social Policy Division
PWDA advocates that future affordable housing initiatives facilitate achievement of National Disability Strategy 2010-2020 targets and is supportive of the four identified financing models: Housing Bonds, Housing Trusts, Housing Corporations, and Social Impact Bonds and consider that a mix of…
Letter On The Social Services Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015
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Submission To The NSW Legislative Council Inquiry Into Elder Abuse
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