Category: Submissions (page 22)

A primary purpose of the Standards and the Objectives and Principles of the Disability Services Act was to move towards a service system in which people with disability were at the centre and could access the elements of care and…

PWD welcomes the NSW Legislative Council’s General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 Inquiry into the Provision of Education for Students with a Disability or Special Needs. PWD will address some longstanding issues and concerns that PWD has about the NSW…

The ability to live independently and access ones own community is a fundamental human right. For many people with disability taxi transportation is the safest and most accessible form of transport. However, taxi transportation is not without its problems. As…

Our collective view is that, while RACGP has made commendable efforts to encourage its members to ensure the highest quality of service to all patients, there remain significant gaps in the quality of service delivered to large parts of our…

August 2009 The issues we wish to raise before the Committee are of very long-standing concern.  At various points over at least the past 10 years reform proposals to address some or other of these matters have been developed at…

June 2009 This submission reflects the range of views gathered by PWDA for the purpose of informing the Australian Government’s National Human Rights Consultation. The submission uses the CRPD as its key interpretative aid for the recognition and application of…

Recently, PWD has been working with a number of key disability organisations in relation to our views on the current draft Access to Premises Standards. Collectively, we have all agreed on specific key areas that we argue are essential for the…