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- NSW budget a missed opportunity, more support needed for people with disabilityAs the Disability Royal Commission prepares to issue its final report and recommendations, PWDA is calling for a swift and decisive response from Governments.
- PWDA Calls for a Radical Response to End Segregation and Discrimination As the Disability Royal Commission prepares to issue its final report and recommendations, PWDA is calling for a swift and decisive response from Governments.
- Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023
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Disability Representative Organisations (DROs) and other individuals and organisations supporting this submission welcome the opportunity to provide feedback on the exposure draft of the Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023. - PWDA Statement in Support of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament
We support a ‘yes’ vote in the forthcoming Referendum because we believe the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament will provide a mechanism for First Nations Peoples to work in genuine partnership with governments. - Disability rights organisations call for an End to the ViolenceThe End the Violence plan outlines some of the urgent actions government can take to demonstrate their commitment to people with disability.
- PWDA Responds to NDIS ReviewPeople with Disability Australia (PWDA) is concerned over the direction the Independent National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Review Panel is taking following the announcement of recommendations they are considering during a presentation yesterday and is calling for further consultation.
- Submission: Improving NSW Rental LawsPeople with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes this opportunity to provide feedback on the NSW Government’s Improving NSW rental laws consultation paper (July 2023).
- Submission: NDIS Cost & AffordabilityThis is PWDA’s Submission 2 to the NDIS Review responding to The role of pricing and payment approaches in improving participant outcomes and scheme sustainability Paper
- Submission: A Human Rights Act for AllOur key recommendation to the Inquiry is that Australia enacts a federal human rights act that upholds the rights of all Australians, including people with disability.
- PWDA Responds to NDIS Data BreachPWDA urges people with disability to remain vigilant to suspicious activity in the wake of the HWL Ebsworth data breach, which impacted National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants, prospective participants, their families and supports as well as NDIS staff earlier this year.
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