June 2015 PWDA have been funded as a Royal Commission Community-Based Support Service by the Department of Social Services to provide individual advocacy to people with disability who are affected by the Royal Commission. As part of this process, we…
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Submission To The NSW Government’s Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme Discussion Paper
June 2015 PWDA has some serious concerns about the impact of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme on people with disability, especially women. People with disability experience much higher levels of domestic violence than people without disability. According to data this…
Submission From More Than 30 Leading Australian Academics Regarding Violence Data, Coordinated By PWDA And To The Senate Inquiry Into Violence, Abuse And Neglect Against People With Disability In Institutional And Residential Settings
Data on the violence, abuse and neglect experienced by people with disability in Australia is limited in scope and by methodology of collection. This submission enumerates those limitations and provides advice for improved data collection and quality on this important…
Submission To The National Children’s Commissioner’s Examination Of Domestic Violence And Children
Better understanding of the prevalence and incidence of violence, abuse and neglect is urgently needed to address the very high levels of violence experienced by this cohort and fulfil the needs of government, policy makers, researchers, Disabled Peoples Organisations, and…
Review Of The Disability (Access To Premises – Building) Standards 2010
The primary focus of PWDA’s submission is to voice the lived experience of people with disability and assess whether the Premise Standards and their implementation has delivered dignified, equitable, cost effective, consistent and reasonably achievable access to buildings, facilities and…
Proposal For A National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality And Safeguarding Framework – Joint Submission With Women With Disabilities Australia
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Quality and Safeguarding Framework (‘the Q&S Framework’) must be embedded in a human rights framework. This submission lists the appropriate governance instruments under international, Commonwealth and state law. This submission elaborates in detail how…
Submission To The Third Action Plan Of The National Framework For Protecting Australia’s Children
The National Framework and the Consultation Paper for the Third Plan both acknowledge parents and children with disability as priority groups. This is important, reflecting the facts that children with disability are overrepresented in the out of home care system,…
Women With Disabilities Australia Submission To Committee On The Rights Of Personals With Disabilities (CRPD) Committee On The Right To Education
“In April 2015, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will meet for its 13th session. As part of the session, the Committee is holding a Day of General Discussion on the Right to Education for Persons with…
NSW Department Of Justice Discussion On Limitation Periods In Civil Claims For Child Sexual Abuse
For the reasons elaborated upon within this submission, PWDA supports Option A of the Discussion Paper – removal of limitation periods in claims for child sexual abuse. We also support retrospectivity in claims following any amendment to the Limitation Act…
Social Housing In NSW: Discussion Paper Work
February 2015 The NSW Legislative Council Select Committee Report provides robust recommendations to the NSW Government for priority action on social, public and affordable housing in NSW. PWDA strongly endorses the reports’ findings and urges the Department of Family and…