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- Two Years On From the Disability Royal Commission Event Wrap-Up
PWDA hosted a national online forum ‘Two Years On From the Disability Royal Commission’ on Friday 6 February to take stock. - Submission into the Continuing Operation of the National Redress SchemePWDA Submission to the Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into the Continuing Operation of the National Redress Scheme.
- Submission to the NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025Submission to NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 review The Bill would change the NDIS Act 2013 to give the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission stronger powers, and to make specific operational changes to the NDIA.
- Help PWDA put LGBTQIA+ People with Disability In FocusInFocus: Queer & Disabled is a digital storytelling campaign led by PWDA, centring the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ people with disability.
- Targeted Funding Required to Address Gaps Affecting People with DisabilityPeople with disability were largely invisible in the last Federal Budget. PWDA urges the Government to implement the recommendations outlined in this submission in the 2026/7 Federal Budget.
- DROs Respond to Government Agreement on Disability SupportsDisability Representative Organisations respond to Government agreement regarding hospital funding and disability supports and Thriving Kids.
- PWDA marches again to put LGBTQIA+ people with disability InFocusPWDA returned to the streets of Melbourne St Kilda on Sunday 1 February to proudly represent LGBTQIA+ people with disability in the Midsumma Pride March.
- PWDA Putting LGBTQIA+ People with Disability InFocus at MidsummaPWDA will return to the Midsumma Pride March this Sunday for the second year, marching under the banner InFocus: Queer & Disabled.
- Register now for PWDA’s Online Forum: Two Years On From the Disability Royal CommissionPWDA invites you to our national online forum to reflect on where we are more than two years after the Disability Royal Commission Final Report was released.
- Making Australia’s Hate Speech and Vilification Laws Work for People with DisabilityPWDA joins Disability Representative Organisations in Call Making Australia’s Hate Speech and Vilification Laws Work for People with Disability
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