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- Creative Storytelling Competition for LGBTQIA+ People with Disability
PWDA invites LGBTQIA+ people with disability to share their stories as part of our Community Attitudes project — a national awareness and education program focused on building inclusion in workplaces and communities. We are looking for creative, real stories that reflect the diversity of our community and challenge stigma and discrimination. - Learn how to join the Aviation disability standards consultationAs a group PWDA, AFDO and JEC are hosting 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
- 50,000 people call for Australian Human Rights ActPetition for a Human Rights Act handed to a cross-section of Labor, Greens and independent Federal MPs and Senators at Parliament House today.
- PWDA welcomes Senate rejection of automated aged care assessments, warns against repeating the harm in the NDISPWDA welcomed the Senate’s recognition of the harm caused by automated aged care assessments and warned the Federal Government not to repeat the same mistakes in the NDIS.
- A devastating day for people with disability as NDIS Bill passesPWDA has condemned the passage of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026, condemning Parliament for proceeding despite the overwhelming evidence of the unacceptable and foreseeable harm these changes will cause people with disability, our families and carers, and the Australian economy.
- PWDA slams Senate Committee’s Recommendation to Pass the NDIS BillPWDA condemns the Senate Committee’s recommendation that the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 proceed.
- Complete the PWDA Survey on Inclusive Communities Fund
Complete the PWDA Survey to Help Shape our submission on a proposed Inclusive Communities Fund to help community organisations become more inclusive and accessible. - Community Attitudes Webinar: LGBTQIA+ People with DisabilityRegister now to join People with Disability Australia (PWDA) for a free Community Attitudes webinar exploring how to embed intersectional inclusion and create safer, more welcoming environments for LGBTQIA+ people with disability.
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