Policy areas and position statements

We’re making an impact in all the right places.

The issues which affect people with disability are many and varied. And they’re evolving all the time due a range of social, political, economic and technological factors.

So we adapt our focus and priorities in relation to our systemic advocacy to ensure our resources are being used as effectively as possible to maximise our impact.

Campaigns and policy areas

Our policy and systemic advocacy work covers a lot of ground. Some of the major areas we work in include:

• Human rights advocacy
• Preventing violence and abuse against people with disability
• Issues to do with the NDIS
• Representing people with disability in international development
• Wage Justice Campaign – 2011-2018 Australian Disability Enterprises (ADE) campaign
• Shut In campaign – promoting the choice of people with disability to move out of segregated accommodation and care facilities into other housing options within the wider community.

Position statements

We’re often asked what we think about particular issues, and if we have positions on current events.

Here are some statements we’ve made on various topics:

• Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse and Neglect for People with Disability
• Aged Care Royal Commission
• Extent and nature of poverty in Australia
• Modern slavery
• My Health Record
• Plastic Straws Ban
• NDIS Fraud Squad
• The National Redress Scheme
• A call for a rights-based framework for sexuality in the NDIS
• Why we’re supporting action on climate change
• Housing (from our 2019 pre-budget submission)
• Social Security (from our 2019 Federal Election platform)
• Employment for people with disability (from our 2019 Federal Election platform)

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