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- IDPwD: A day to take actionThis 2022 International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD), People with Disability Australia (PWDA) joins our communities of people with disability, our sector partners, and organisations around the world in celebrating and recognising the contributions of all people with disability. …
- PWDA elects new 2022/23 BoardThe 2022/23 PWDA Board is pleased to announce the results of the PWDA Board election, and the election of Ms Nicole Lee as PWDA President overnight. After the 2022 AGM, the following Directors have been elected for a two-year term,…
- Our lives, our decisions: Submission to the Disability Royal Commission on guardianship, substituted and supported decision-makingToo many people with disability under guardianship or administration orders are not seeing their right to decision-making support upheld.
- Inquiry into the 2022 Federal Election: SubmissionPWDA worked on a submission with the Human Rights Law Centre on the conduct of the 2022 federal election, specifically regarding the significant access issues for many people with disability. Read the submission here.
- 2022 PWDA AGMWe are pleased to confirm the 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of People with Disability Australia (PWDA) will be on Wednesday 16 November 2022. The meeting will commence at 6pm (AEDT) via the Zoom online conferencing platform. Attending the AGM Due to…
- Media Release: A thoughtful budget with more to doPeople with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes tonight’s budget as thoughtful overall – recognising the attention to NDIS and other targeted reforms, including education and skills measures, housing and women’s safety. PWDA praises a renewed attention to the NDIS. “The 17%…
- Joint Media Release: Royal Commission to hear from culturally and linguistically diverse people with disabilityThis week, the Disability Royal Commission is holding a public hearing about experiences of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) backgrounds with disability. Lived experience witnesses throughout the week will tell the Royal…
- Media release: PWDA welcomes announcement of NDIS ReviewPeople with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the announcement of the Independent Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) today. The Review’s broad Terms of Reference give the disability community the chance to raise issues that are important to us.…
- Be in the 2023 Sydney Mardi Gras Parade!
We’re calling for expressions of interest from community members to join us in the 2023 Sydney Mardi Gras Parade! The parade will take place on Saturday 25 February 2023 on Oxford Street. There is a limited number of spots for marchers and priority will be given to PWDA members and community members who identify as LGBTQI+. - Media Release: People with psychosocial disability living in institutional facilities face “significant” barriers to accessing NDIS supportA new research partnership between the University of Sydney and People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has found people with mental health diagnoses (psychosocial disability) living in institutional settings face “significant barriers” to accessing the NDIS. Commissioned as part of PWDA’s…
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