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- Media Release: NSW Government must take opportunity to deliver on human rights promise as 120+organisations call for inquiry
PWDA joined an alliance of more than 120 legal and community organisations, religious bodies and trade unions calling on the NSW Government to seize an opportunity this week to strengthen human rights protections by establishing a public inquiry into the introduction of a Human Rights Act for New South Wales. - Clear and complete consultation needed on NDIS planning reformsPWDA joined Disability Representative Organisations (DROs) in a call for clear and complete consultation on NDIS planning reforms
- PWDA marches at Mardi Gras to put queer disabled people InFocusPWDA will march in the 2026 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade under the banner InFocus: Queer & Disabled.
- DROs Respond to Government Agreement on Disability SupportsDisability Representative Organisations respond to Government agreement regarding hospital funding and disability supports and Thriving Kids.
- 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.
- Disability representative organisations call for transparency on ‘Computer-Generated NDIS Plans’Disability Representative organisations respond to Guardian article on Computer Generated NDIS Plans.
- PWDA joins 106 organisations and experts in a call for inquiry into Human Rights Act for NSWPWDA joins more than 100 organisations and individuals to endorse an open statement calling on all NSW Parliamentarians to support the establishment of a public inquiry into a Human Rights Act for New South Wales.
- MEDIA RELEASE: PWDA Welcomes the Announcement on the New Support Needs Assessment Tool and the Commitment to Adapting the Tool Through Co-design to Ensure it is Fit for PurposePeople with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the National Disability Insurance Agency’s announcement of a new support needs assessment tool, and commends the considered approach taken to its selection.
- Nothing about us, without usDisability Representative Organisations stand united in our reiteration to government of nothing about us without us following NDIS Mark Butler
- Disability representative organisations call for accountability after NDIA conduct targeting person with disabilityJoint Statement on disability representative organisations call for accountability after NDIA conduct targeting person with disability.
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