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
• Foundational supports
• Raise the Rate
• Make housing accessible
• Preventing violence and abuse against people with disability
• Issues to do with the NDIS
• Representing people with disability in international development
• Modern or contemporary slavery

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:

• Human Rights-based Needs Assessment Model
• Economic Justice for People with Disability (from 2025 Federal Budget)
• ACIE Position Statement – Therapy Supports and Allied Health Services in Schools
• Inclusion and Access (from 2025 Federal Budget)
• NDIS Amendment Bill
• International Disability Equity and Rights Strategy
• Hate Crimes Bill
• Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
• Cost of Living Crisis
• Housing Accessibility (from 2025 Federal Election Platform)
• Aged Care Royal Commission
• Extent and nature of poverty in Australia
• Modern slavery
• Open letter on the future of UNRWA
• 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

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