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- CMHA and PWDA Demand Justice and Urgent Reform Following Death of Simon Cartwright at Silverwater Jail
CMHA and PWDA are united in their condemnation of systemic failures in mental health and justice systems from the coroner’s report of Simon Cartwright’s death. - PWDA and Disability Representative Organisations Oppose Rushed Implementation of New Support Needs Assessment ModelPWDA and DROs respond to new assessment model. Support government funding to reduce costs but oppose government-delivered assessments.
- Government Response to ADHD Senate Inquiry Falls ShortPWDA has expressed disappointment at the Albanese Government’s response to the Senate Inquiry into ADHD Assessment and Support Services.
- PWDA Welcomes National Action Plan for LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing, Calls for Strong ImplementationPeople with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the Australian Government’s release of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025–2035 as an important step toward equitable health care for LGBTIQA+ people with disability. PWDA, the national disability rights and representative organisation and peak for LGBTIQA+ people with disability, believes the framework has potential to deliver meaningful improvements but progress will depend on how it is implemented.
- PWDA Ready to Work with Government to Act on Special Rapporteurs Call to Abolish ADEsPWDA welcomes the End of Mission Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery highlighting instances of modern slavery by people with disability.
- Sector welcomes new development strategy advancing disability equityPWDA joined 18 organisations to celebrate the release of the Australian Government’s new International Disability Equity and Rights Strategy (IDEARS).
- PWDA Responds to NDIA STA and Respite ChangesOn Friday 22 November the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) released new information on Short Term Accommodation (STA) and Respite. PWDA is concerned about uncertainty in funding decisions and subsequent harm to participants while the sector awaits the release of the operational guidelines.
- PWDA and community organisations condemn government failure to act on DSP Senate Inquiry ReportPWDA, ACOSS and disability advocacy organisations have expressed alarm at the Government’s dismissal of the Senate Report on the Purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension (DSP) and called for urgent action to address barriers to accessing the DSP, the risk of poverty for recipients and to reform how eligibility is assessed and avenues for dispute resolution.
- Transitional support lists only as good as the process to develop them. PWDA says this must not happen again.The Australian Government has today released the transitional lists of what can and cannot be funded by the NDIS. PWDA is deeply concerned that these lists are only being made available less than two days before they come into effect with no guarantee that the information and how it impacts individual plans will be communicated directly to participants beforehand.
- PWDA responds to NDIS Minister Bill Shorten’s retirement from politicsPWDA acknowledges the decision announced today by the Minister for the NDIS Bill Shorten to retire from politics in February 2025.
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