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- Megan Spindler-Smith appointed CEO of People with Disability Australia
PWDA is pleased to announce the appointment of Megan Spindler-Smith as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). - Webinar: Supporting people with disability in their digital healthcareRegister today for this free online digital health learning session designed for health care professionals to Build your knowledge across digital health tools
- Three Years on from the DRC: Australia needs a Human Rights Act(PWDA) is calling for a National Human Rights Act that gives people with disability stronger, enforceable protection of our rights in Australian law.
- Thriving Kids and Foundational Supports: what you need to knowThriving Kids starts rolling out from 1 October 2026. It is the first phase of a much bigger change to disability supports outside the NDIS.
- More NDIS changes from 1 October: What you need to knowFrom 1 October 2026, significant changes to some NDIS support budgets will begin. Here’s what people with disability need to know.
- Three Years from DRC: Restrictive practices must be eliminatedThree years after the Disability Royal Commission, PWDA is urging governments to commit to eliminating restrictive practices and set out consistent plans for how they will get there.
- Three Years from DRC: Disability discrimination law puts the burden on the people it should protectPWDA is calling for urgent reform of the Disability Discrimination Act so organisations have greater responsibility to prevent discrimination before it happens.
- NDIS changes forum and more information you needPWDA held a NDIS Changes Community Forum to provide practical, accessible information about what is changing, when they will happen and what people can do.
- 20 years of the UNCRPD: What will it take to make rights real?Twenty years on from the UN adoption of the CRPD, the challenge is increasingly clear: how do we turn rights on paper into rights in practice?
- Learn how to join the Aviation disability standards consultationPWDA, AFDO and JEC hosted a Community Information Forum to help people in the disability community participate in the new aviation disability standards consultation.
- NDIS changes start today: what you need to knowNew laws making significant changes to the NDIS start taking effect today, Thursday 27 August 2026. Here is what people with disability need to know about the changes happening now and what is coming next.
- Twenty years of the CRPD Event Wrap-UpPWDA hosted an event to mark Twenty years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights for People with Disabilities (CRPD): From Commitment to Change
- Megan Spindler-Smith, National Press Club Address 10 August 2026Speaking at the National Press Club, PWDA Acting CEO Megan Spindler-Smith said the Bill abandoned the original promise of the NDIS by asking people with disability to pay the price for a policy choice the Government did not have to make.
- PWDA member blog: ‘Barriers’ – a poem by Nerida KingsfordPWDA member Nerida’s poem, “Barriers”, highlights the everyday obstacles that many people with disability continue to face when accessing shops, restaurants and public spaces.
- The NDIS helps Zeahn live safely with the level of support he needs every dayOur Reasonable. Necessary. Ordinary campaign asked “What does the NDIS make possible in your everyday life?” This is Zeahn’s story.
- Outlining proposed changes to the NDISInformation about proposed reforms to the NDIS outlines how the changes could affect participants, providers and people applying to the Scheme in the future.
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